Word: plaza
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...five years, U.S. developers have constructed a breathtaking surplus of office towers, condominium complexes and hotels. In Los Angeles, a rusting, 17-story framework of steel girders on Wilshire Boulevard has stood idle for three years because of collapsed condo prices. Denver's tallest building, the 56-story Republic Plaza office tower, is only half rented despite such amenities as a concierge, an Italian-marble lobby, a car wash and computerized climate control. Florida's $197 million Le Pavillion hotel, part of a posh development called Miami Center, is usually only about 15% occupied...
Apparently no other word means as much as American, and restaurant own-trying to grab it. In New York City alone there are, in addition to America, the American Festival Cafe in Rockefeller Plaza, An American Place on the Upper East Side, Cafe Americano and the American Harvest, operated by Hilton International, which also manages American Harvest in Washington and new one in Kansas City. There, however, they have chosen the simple word Harvest in order to avoid confusion with the established American Restaurant in the local Crown Center development. The American Grill prospers in Scottsdale, Ariz., and there...
With its well-proportioned central plaza and carefully orchestrated densities, however, Rockefeller Center is a clear descendant of classic cities, coherent and comfortably urban. The proposed Television City is--what? Towers in a park, sui generis, chess pieces (six pawns, a king, a bishop, a rook) that have slid off the board. Although Architect Helmut Jahn has designed only the basic shapes, sizes and placement of his buildings, it seems clear from the plans and model that it would be an unfamiliar species of urban place, awesome and a little spooky. The ballfield-size spaces between the triplet building clusters...
...denouncing import quotas as "ineffective and extremely expensive," President Reagan pledged in September to create a $300 million war chest to help U.S. companies finance exports. Treasury Secretary James Baker met with finance ministers and central bankers from Japan, Britain, France and West Germany at New York City's Plaza Hotel and agreed to help bring down the runaway dollar. Prodded by Government intervention in foreign-currency markets, the dollar by December had declined 18% from its peak in February...
...Warren had collaborated with local store owners, and directed Ms. Brophy to a playground, a sweet shop, a flower store, and a liquor store in Chinatown. The final clue led Ms. Brophy to Confucius Plaza, across the street from his apartment...