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St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 2009, promised to be another disaster for the Retail Collection of the Plaza Hotel. Hordes of green-clad spectators streamed down the escalator into the basement. Their eyes averted the luxury goods on offer, as their destination was the hotel’s public bathroom. Within the first hour, I had given directions to the toilet over a hundred times.“Why [...]