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Article: Algonquin Hotel, where literary figures traded wisecracks, celebrates its centennial
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- November 22, 2002
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Dateline: NEW YORK
The Algonquin Hotel threw itself a 100th birthday party Friday, recalling
the glory days when literary legends gathered in its oak-paneled lobby
to trade witticisms and tip back drinks.
In the room where Dorothy Parker and her sharp-tongued writer friends
held court for years, the hotel held a luncheon to kick off months
of events celebrating the centennial.
"Everything about the atmosphere here is a step back in time," said
singer Andrea Marcovici, who has performed her cabaret act at the
Algonquin for 15 years. "The world is more glamorous here, more graceful."
The hotel has taken pains to preserve an opulent look that recalls ...