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  • Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan

  • Hotel San Domenico in Taormina

  • Apothecary room

  • Villa del Balbianello

  • Lounge (1850)

  • Bar in Rotterdam

  • Balboa Bay Club

  • Axel Springer Tower de, Berlin

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