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The Plaza Hotel and the Ship of Theseus

August 22, 2017 By Kathy Shaidle

People are always like, “New York and Paris and London are so fabulous,” but most of it is owned by foreigners now, and has been for some time.

(Elvis Costello: “London is full of Arabs…”, 1979).

When does “New York” stop being an “American” city?

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