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...CENTRA Properties plan to build a 112,000-sq-m mall near the Mandalay Bay, which will further the invasion of stores such as Saks, Macy's and Nordstrom, now housed at the Fashion Show mall, which is close to finishing a $1 billion renovation. And a giant furniture showroom is being built downtown. Mayor Goodman hopes that in the future people will think of Vegas for gambling, sex and furniture. It's conceivable that in a few decades, Vegas will have completely shed its shame and kitsch, that it will be a multidimensional one-industry town like Los Angeles...
...peppy 62, and Roy, a weary 78, is confined to a wheelchair and hooked to an oxygen tank, the result of too many decades filled with too many Lucky Strikes. Far from a bluegrass blueblood, he made his living as a Philadelphia car dealer, and it was in his showroom in 1976 that he and Pat met. A decade later they went into the horse business, opening a 100-acre farm in Chester County...
...brand tractors for the first time outside its dealer network, through the Home Depot. The chain has since sold more than 200,000 units, one of its most successful launches in lawn-and-garden gear. Even these beginner models, like the L130, have feature lists out of an auto showroom: "more leg room," "deluxe-comfort" seat, two-pedal automatic transmission. Jeff Barron, a power-equipment specialist at a Home Depot in McDonough, Ga., says some customers with modest yards want to impress the neighbors with the iconic brand: "There are people who buy one, keep it in the garage...
...collection is available only through the Domeau & Pérès showroom outside Paris. But look for the line to grow. "There are many other types of material I'd like to work with," says Betak. "Light will always be very important--but in a playful manner...
...woman architect--the estimable Zaha Hadid--who works on her own, not teamed with her husband or some other guy. But hold on, Zaha--reinforcements are coming. Lindy Roy, 40, is already the most famous woman architect who has just one completed project to her name: the new Manhattan showroom of the Swiss furniture company Vitra, which has become a showcase for Roy too. It's a suavely configured space where display platforms ribbon around corners or morph into mahogany staircases that have embedded steel treads...