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...Balata's narrow streets, the chaotic traffic writhes slowly and fractiously between the cinder-block auto shops in the simmering heat of spring on the valley floor. More than 800 feet above the dusty camp, on the lush peak of Mount Gerizim, a monumental structure is rising, half Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, half Taj Mahal. It is the new home of a leading member of the Masri family, the most powerful and wealthy clan in Nablus. It is a reminder, too, of the differences between the unruly refugee camp and the Palestinian metropolis in the West Bank, and a symbol...
...JEFFERSON RICHMOND...
...takes a lot (including peepholes in every door and 24-hour room service) to qualify for a Mobil five-star rating, and most hotels don't even bother trying. But the current owners of the Jefferson believed five stars were essential to the hotel's success. This year, for the first time in its 105-year history, the Jefferson made it, becoming one of 17 U.S. hotels to hold both a Mobil five-star and a AAA five-diamond rating...
Designed by Carrere and Hastings, architects of the New York Public Library and the Frick, the Jefferson is known for its stained-glass skylight soaring over the Palm Court lobby and its Grand Staircase, down which countless Southern belles and brides have descended. For almost a century, the 260-room hotel was the center of Richmond social life...
Behind the careful leadership and decision-making Rubin is known for in the professional world lies a private man committed to his family. Although he worked there for years, Rubin never established a personal residence in Washington D.C., choosing to reside in the Jefferson Hotel while his wife and children resided in New York City...