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Written by:host
2/13/2009 12:04 PM 

Adaptation or ‘disaster’?  

Feb 10, Las Vegas

What if they had shortened the Empire State Building by a couple of football fields? Or gave the Great Pyramid a flattop? Or built the Eiffel Platform? Size certainly isn’t everything when it comes to buildings, of course. But the impact of many iconic structures is in their sheer stature. That is why it’s so startling - disappointing, even - that the Harmon hotel, CityCenter’s gateway to the Las Vegas Strip, has suddenly been cut down to about half its intended size...more

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