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The NoMad New York City

By BETSY KROLL Friday, Apr. 24, 2009

Courtesy of The NoMad Hotel
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Interior designer Jacques Garcia — of Paris' Hôtel Costes fame — is readying the NoMad to reopen this fall, made over in his signature French style and loaded with plenty of eco-conscious features like automatic window shades, organic minibars, high-efficiency bathroom fixtures and a green roof.
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