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..>......Q...YOU ARE ON THE SIDEWALK ON
THE SOUTH SIDE OF CENTRAL PARK SOUTH. TO
THE EAST IS A LARGE STONE FOUNTAIN. A S
MALL PLAZA IS TO THE NORTHEAST. TO THE I
MMEDIATE SOUTH IS THE ORNATE ENTRANCE OF
AN OLD BUILDING. ABOVE THE ENTRANCE A S
IGN READS, PLAZA HOTEL-A NEW YORK LANDMA
RK. THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING HAS BEE
N RAVAGED BY TIME AND WAR. CHUNKS OF MAS
ONRY AND STONE ARE MISSING--SCARS ON A O
NCE-BEAUTIFUL FACE..THIS IS THE OLD PLAZ
A HOTEL.. A HIGH STONE WALL TOPPED BY BA
RBED WIRE SURROUNDS CENTRAL PARK. YOU CA
N'T GET OVER OR THROUGH, SO YOU WALK BAC
K TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM..YOU ARE IN THE
HOTEL LOBBY. SOME ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE
TO PRESERVE ITS ORIGINAL ELEGANCE. DARK
WOOD PANELING GLEAMS DULLY, AND A HUGE
CHANDELIER SHEDS SOFT LIGHT. A THICK CAR
PET ABSORBS SOUND, GIVING THE ROOM AN IN
TENSE QUIETNESS. NEAR YOU ARE A PHONE BO
OTH, A DISPLAY OFFERING FREE SAMPLES OF
A NEW TYPE OF LIGHTER, AND A SMALL EXHIB
ITION OF PAINTINGS ENTITLED "NEW VIEWS O
F MANHATTAN.".TO THE WEST IS A LOUNGE. S
OUTH IS THE ENTRANCE TO AN ELEVATOR. A S
IGN NEXT TO THE ELEVATOR SAYS, "TO 8TH F
LOOR AND PHANTASYPHONES. OPEN 9 AM TO MI
DNIGHT.".YOU LEAVE THE PLAZA HOTEL..YOU
ENTER THE ELEVATOR. THE DOOR CLOSES AND
THE ELEVATOR RISES SWIFTLY. IT STOPS, TH
E DOOR OPENS AND YOU STEP OFF..YOU REMEM
BER THAT THE SIGN SAYS THE 8TH FLOOR IS
CLOSED NOW. YOU STAY WHERE YOU ARE..ONE
OF THE PAINTINGS IS DONE IN OMINOUS TONE
S OF RED AND BROWN, REMINISCENT OF THE A
TOMIC SUNSETS FOLLOWING THE LAST WAR. IT
SHOWS AN ELEVATED WALKWAY CROSSING OVER
FIFTH AVENUE. BEYOND THE WALKWAY, THE A
RTIST HAS DEPICTED AN ANCIENT, MONUMENTA
L STRUCTURE--A BUILDING FRONTED BY WIDE
STONE STEPS. ON THE STEPS ARE TWO MASSIV
E STONE STATUES OF LIONS, HEADS ELEVATED
AS THEY REST MAJESTICALLY. THE RED LIGH
T DUSTS THEIR FLANKS..THEY LOOK LIKE ORD
INARY LIGHTERS--SMALL AMBER ELLIPSOIDS W
ITH A DEPRESSION ON ONE END FOR YOUR FIN
GER AND A HOLE IN THE OTHER WHERE THE FL
AME ARISES. THE SIGN SAYS, "THESE LIGHTE
RS NEVER RUN OUT OF FUEL!".YOU PICK UP T
HE LIGHTER AND PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET..W5
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