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used the hotel to accommodate the show's guests, in exchange for a mention of it on each episode. Renovations were completed in 1991. In 2006 the hotel was sold for $ 440 million (equivalent to $ 640 million in 2023) to developer
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553:New York Night: The Mystique and Its History
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