Word: plaza
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...There are no plans for it to travel; maybe curators at museums not dedicated to an artist as starstruck as Warhol have a hard time imagining their walls filled with pictures that have titles like John Derek and Linda Evans at Sonny and Cher's Opening at the Century Plaza Hotel. Warhol knew Galella and revered him as a fellow traveler in the life devoted to pursuing stars. But Warhol was at the same time a celebrity himself. He had invitations to all the parties--and gave quite a few of them. Galella was the guy who had to hang...
...three-star Harbour Plaza North Point hotel in Hong Kong, every solo guest is greeted this way?a swimmingly successful gimmick launched in March 2000 to generate word of mouth for the newly opened hotel. "We looked at the rooms and thought, 'Let's put some life into them,'" says general manager Dean Schreiber. "We were going to try it with a bird, but that just didn't fly." Even though the hotel doesn't advertise its fish, the in-house quirk has generated waves. Return guests are asking for fish even when they don't check in alone...
...Harbour Plaza, some guests don't go with the flow. Fish fanatics complain the hotel is violating sea-life rights. "One guest faxed us about the cruelty of keeping fish in captivity," says Schreiber. Others take it all too personally. One Hong Kong visitor who checked in solo but was actually staying with his wife called the front desk in a rage. "Does the hotel think I need a fish because I can't talk to my wife?" he barked. "How did you know we were having marital problems...
...very well come true. It's likely that any final plan will envision a major new terminal linking the Manhattan subways with suburban commuter rail systems. It will also probably re-establish several city streets that were covered over by the much despised "superblock" of the Trade Center plaza...
Between speakers, Co-Founder of Student Global AIDS Campaign Ben M. Wikler ’03 led chants, and Gumboots, a Harvard dance group led a lap of hopping and singing around City Hall Plaza...