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- <text id=91TT0621>
- <title>
- Mar. 25, 1991: American Notes:Amenities
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- Mar. 25, 1991 Boris Yeltsin:Russia's Maverick
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- NATION, Page 25
- American Notes
- AMENITIES
- The Seat Of Luxury
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- <p> Marketing experts may wonder why Denver's Cherry Creek mall
- is so flush. Generating nearly $400 per sq. ft. in annual
- sales, it is one of the most profitable shopping centers in
- America. Could it be the free valet parking for the
- handicapped, or the swanky Neiman-Marcus store with its
- $100,000 furs? Guess again, folks! Local shoppers know: it's
- the mall's bathrooms.
- </p>
- <p> So posh are the facilities that shoppers and tourists often
- pay a visit whether nature is calling or not. The rest rooms
- feature soft lighting, gold-plated fixtures, marble changing
- tables (complete with complimentary diapers), marble-and-gold
- phone booths and automatic toilets. Since the mall opened last
- August, says general manager David Wass, beaming, "it's not
- uncommon for people with relatives or visitors in town to show
- them the rest rooms."
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- </body></article>
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