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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DIED. KAY THOMPSON, in her 90s, entertainer and creator of the Plaza Hotel's most memorable guest, six-year-old Eloise; in New York City. Thompson was a successful nightclub performer who appeared as a Vreelandesque fashion editor in the movie Funny Face, but her most enduring character was Eloise, an irascible girl whose mischievous exploits while living in New York City's Plaza Hotel Thompson first chronicled in a 1955 book. Originally targeted for adults but beloved by children ever since, Eloise starred in three more best-selling books and a line of merchandise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jul. 20, 1998 | 7/20/1998 | See Source »

...young to remember the bad days of meat rationing, but she has a fair idea of what the stock market is. She has already moved from working as a hotel receptionist to a better-paying job selling sports equipment in Wuhan's Galaxy Plaza department store. Three nights a week she goes to private English classes, which she pays for out of her salary of $75 a month, "because if you don't know English, you can't use computers. And if you can't use computers these days, you can't get ahead." Her tone suggests the alternative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The China Summit: The Pulse Of China | 6/29/1998 | See Source »

SEAGRAM BUILDING, 1958 Architect: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe His best office tower includes a plaza, then a rarity in New York City. Its bronze-and-dark-glass skin gives it a classically refined stature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Five Buildings For The Ages | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

...exacerbated by the reflection from architect RICHARD MEIER's tan aluminum panels on the outside of the building. Employees now wear dark sunglasses as part of their work uniform. After the December opening--coincidentally, after Meier left--umbrellas were set up to provide some relief on the virtually shadeless plaza. But the glare isn't all. During the winter, visitors were slipping into the lovely rain-swollen pools because they couldn't distinguish where the travertine ground ended and the water began. And while the violations have been corrected, the health department initially graded two of the Getty restaurants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monuments: The Getty, Seen in the Harsh Light of Day | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

...exacerbated by the reflection from architect Richard Meier?s tan aluminum panels on the outside of the building. Employees now wear dark sunglasses as part of their work uniform. After the December opening -? coincidentally, after Meier left ?- umbrellas were set up to provide some relief on the virtually shadeless plaza. But the glare isn?t all. During the winter, visitors were slipping into the lovely rain-swollen pools because they couldn?t distinguish where the travertine ground ended and the water began. And while the violations have been corrected, the Health Department initially graded two of the Getty restaurants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great View, Few Restrooms | 5/10/1998 | See Source »

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