Wikipedia
Palm Court may refer to:
- Palm court - a large room, usually in a prestigious hotel, where functions are staged
- Palm Court (Alexandria Hotel) - historic ballroom in Los Angeles, California
- Palm Court at the Ritz Hotel - site of "Tea at the Ritz" in London, England
The Palm Court, also known at other times as the Franco-Italian Dining Room, the Grand Ballroom and the Continental Room, is a ballroom at the Hotel Alexandria in downtown Los Angeles, California. In its heyday from 1911 to 1922, it was the scene of speeches by U.S. Presidents William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson and Gen. John J. Pershing. It is also the room where Paul Whiteman, later known as the "Jazz King", got his start as a bandleader in 1919, where Rudolph Valentino danced with movie starlets, and where Hollywood held its most significant balls during the early days of the motion picture business. Known for its history and its stained-glass Tiffany skylight, noted Los Angeles columnist Jack Smith called it "surely the most beautiful room in Los Angeles". The Palm Court was designated as a City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM#80) in 1971.
Usage examples of "palm court".
He was leaving one pleasurable venue, a box at the Royal Festival Hall where he had been attending a charity recital of Offenbach arias, and was heading for another, the Palm Court at the Waldorf Hotel.
Meanwhile, all around the operative core, the great old building continued to fall into ruin, the Guastavino tiles in the Palm Court falling, splintering on the ground, the immense barbershop now a junk room, the skylights caved in, heaped with filth.
Across Pico and Venice, into Culver City, then a right turn at Washington, a quarter-mile zip, and a quick swing into the parking lot of a small hotel called the Palm Court.
A neighbor had glimpsed him fleeing down the alleyway behind the Palm Court apartments.
When they came out of the Palm Court, it was nearly three o'clock.
The Hotel Sao Jorge had an English-style Palm Court Room with plenty of plants in tubs and a string trio punishing Franz Lehar.
I crawled round to where I could see Bowden exchanging shots with Felix8, who was now trapped behind an upended mock-Georgian table next to the entrance of the Palm Court Tea Rooms.
I crawled round to where I could see Bowden exchanging shots with FelixS, who was now trapped behind an upended mock-Georgian table next to the entrance of the Palm Court Tea Rooms.