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...build a luxury hotel in a run-down neighborhood during a crippling economic crisis, and to call it not just a hotel but also a "universe." Yet that is precisely what Argentine fashion magnate Alan Faena did when he bought an abandoned warehouse in Buenos Aires' Puerto Madero district, convinced Philippe Starck to design the interior and, in 2005, opened the 10-meter-high doors of the Faena Hotel and Universe, tel: (54-11) 4010 9000. Impressively, he makes good on his out-of-the-world claim with lush red velvet interiors, spacious rooms (from around $330), an award-winning...
...Revolution, which led to Argentina's independence from Spain, this Norman Foster-designed, 125,000-sq-m residential and commercial complex is visualized as an epoch-defining landmark. Both the hotel and the Aleph are in turn envisaged as part of a fully fledged art district that attempts to revive Buenos Aires' early 20th century belle epoque. A grand endeavor indeed, but Faena has already shown that he can create something special where others might see folly...
...associate contemporary Scandinavian dining with cloudberries, minimalist tableware and breathtakingly expensive menus, you'll find the Pingvinen (Penguin) restaurant in Bergen, Norway, a refreshing departure from form. Tucked into a corner of Bergen's university district, the year-old gastropub trades on unpretentious local fare, done the way it used to be. "People come in here and eat my food and you can see they get nostalgic," says 38-year-old chef Alma Valle. "They want to talk about...
...long after we invented fast food, we ran out of Americans to serve it to, so we opened McDonald's on the Champs Elysées, in Tokyo's Ginza district and in Guatemala City's Zona Viva. Then those countries opened competitors--local fast-food restaurants making burgers, chicken wings and fries. And now those mimeographed restaurants are opening franchises...
...That's not the only trick Musharraf has used in the my-rally-is-bigger-than-yours stakes. The government has directed teachers, professors and civil servants to attend, and commanded district and village leaders to bring anywhere from 100 to 1000 people from their towns to the rally. In order to transport these less-than-fervent fans, hundreds of buses, vans and mini-buses have been commandeered from transport operators across the region since Sunday, and parked throughout the capital. The government has promised to compensate drivers for the use of their vehicles, offering 2000 rupees...