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UPFRONT
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For the Patron: A Gaugin goes
on view, maybe for the last time
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On Trend: Shearling gets
a modern makeover
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Taking Off: Rachel Bloom
plays the “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”
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Timekeeping: Pocket watches
make a comeback
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Five Reasons to Check In:
Extra! Extra! Maine’s
newspaper-themed Press Hotel
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Designer Profile: Prabal
Gurung’s designs, born of a
global social consciousness
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From the Sideboard: Wine
aged at the bottom of the sea
frequent flyers
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Rhap Session: Eli Broad on
his landmark new museum
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The Sporting Life: From
Grand Slam to Triple Crown,
sports’ most hallowed feats
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Black Tie: Jimmy Fallon,
Oscar Isaac, Winona Ryder
and more
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First Drive: The Bentley
Continental GT V8 S
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Connections: Getting to
know your fellow flyer
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Fine Dining: The ephemeral
art of plating and presentation
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Tasting Notes: The Trotter
Project’s chefs chip in on
United’s menus
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Plane Spoken: Bill Clegg
reminisces about his pilot father
under the gavel this month
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Zweig on the GoPro camera
changing how we watch sports
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MAKING HEADLINES
The newspaper theme is pervasive
and charming: Behind the front desk is
a collage of wooden letterpress printing
blocks, hallway carpets are patterned
with letters in typewriter font, and
custom wallpaper reprints such historic
headlines as “Elderly Lobster Set Free.”
Most clever of all, an antique platform
scale once used to weigh massive newsprint rolls has been repurposed for use
in the fitness center.
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ARTS BEAT
All of the hotel’s art is by prominent
and rising Maine artists, including the
central installation, consisting of around
80 antique typewriters, ranging from
20 to 70 years old, that have been hung
whimsically on a two-story lobby wall.
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DRINK LIKE A REPORTER
The City Desk—long the actionpacked editorial heart of the
paper—has been fittingly recycled
into the hotel’s Inkwell Bar. In the
morning, it’s a café serving specialty
coffees and, of course, complimentary
newspapers. The rest of the day, the
Inkwell rolls out craft cocktails with
ingredients that range from Maine
watermelon to locally made bitters,
along with regional beers.
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TYPIST’S DREAM
Guest rooms extend the twin writing
and local themes. Every desk chair is
emblazoned with the classic typing pangram “The quick brown fox jumps over
the lazy dog.” Bathrooms boast walk-in
showers and Bigelow toiletries, while
turndown service dispenses candies
from Portland’s beloved Dean’s Sweets.
Fittingly, the Penthouse Suite occupies
the former publisher’s office.
The Press Hotel’s
lobby features a twostory art installation
made from antique
typewriters
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PRESS PASS
Devotees of the printed word will enjoy the breaking
hotel news out of Portland, Maine
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or 87 years, the Gannett Building in Portland’s Old Port district was home
to Maine’s largest newspaper, the Portland Press Herald. When the paper
moved out, in 2010, developer Jim Brady, a former U.S. Olympic sailing
medalist, decided to keep the building’s spirit alive by transforming it into the
one-of-a-kind 110-room, newsroom-themed Press Hotel. —larryolmsted
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RESTAURANT CRITIC
Hundreds of dining reviews were
written in the building that now
houses one of the city’s hottest eateries,
Union, which specializes in “farm- and
ocean-to-table” cuisine, such as lobster
gnocchi, local grass-fed lamb and Gulf
of Maine diver scallops.
BOARDING PASS
Start your own press tour with a United flight
to Portland. The airline offers nonstop service
from Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C.,
with convenient connections from other cities
in United’s route network.
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