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A fact from Royalton Hotel appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 February 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the lobby of the Royalton Hotel was once compared to an ocean liner?
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... that in the 1980s, Philippe Starck was hired to design a renovation of the Royalton Hotel due to his lack of experience with hotel design? Source: Weinraub, Judith (October 13, 1988). "Superstar Starck's High-Style Hotel". The Washington Post. p. T11.
ALT1: ... that in the 1980s, Philippe Starck was hired to redesign the Royalton Hotel because he had little hotel-design experience? Source: Weinraub, Judith (October 13, 1988). "Superstar Starck's High-Style Hotel". The Washington Post. p. T11.
ALT2: ... that in the 1980s, Ian Schrager repainted a room at the Royalton Hotel 40 times before deciding on a color? Source: Freedman, Alix (January 19, 1989). "White-Collar Chic: Studio 54 Partners Are Even More Successful As New York Hoteliers --- With Prison Behind Them, Rubell and Schrager Now Are Toasts of the Town --- 'Statement of the '80s and '90s'". Wall Street Journal. p. 1.
ALT3: ... that the lobby of the Royalton Hotel was once compared to an ocean liner? Source: Freedman, Alix (January 19, 1989). "White-Collar Chic: Studio 54 Partners Are Even More Successful As New York Hoteliers --- With Prison Behind Them, Rubell and Schrager Now Are Toasts of the Town --- 'Statement of the '80s and '90s'". Wall Street Journal. p. 1.