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Recent Examples of showplaceMeanwhile ownership continues trying to unravel how to finance a showplace stadium in downtown Chicago, alongside Lake Michigan.—Phil Rogers, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024 Shelburne Shelburne Farms, a 1400-acre education nonprofit, was founded by a Vanderbilt heir in the late 19th century as an agricultural showplace.—Meg Lukens Noonan, Outside Online, 26 Sep. 2024 The heat was so intense that homes on each side of the former showplace were destroyed.—Eula Calahan , Micah Farmer, arkansasonline.com, 12 Aug. 2024 In the next few weeks, nearly 6,000 people came to see Carb’s showplace.—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for showplace
It’s set today in modern-day L.A., somewhere on the coast in a palatial mansion, which is a very sort of film noir setting.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
4 June 2025
At one point, the head of the family Robert Crawley (Hugh Bonneville) pays respect to the mansion that made the show famous — the real Highclere Castle in Hampshire, England — by giving it a pat and a kiss, apparently as the family says goodbye to it.
For Local-Secret Spa Vibes: Four Seasons Hotel at Tower Bridge
A short stroll from the Tower of London, a historic medieval castle close to Tower Bridge, this neoclassical gem whose ballroom was the site of the inaugural General Assembly of the United Nations in 1946, feels almost cinematic.
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Rooksana Hossenally,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
Heitmann and his family quietly introduced themselves to residents in a 2023 social media post as the castle’s new owners, and site work to stabilize and weather-proof the property started in the months after.
For those who want to head to the main hotel, guests of the villa have full access to the those facilities too, which include the saltwater infinity pool carved into the rocks, the Dior Spa Eden-Roc and the five clay tennis courts.
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Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
Each of the 15 adults-only villas has an enormous deck and plunge pool, and includes features like fire pits and indoor-outdoor showers.
The historic estate worth around $1 billion spans over 130,000 acres in England and Wales and is designed to provide income for the heir to the throne; William visits the region every four to six weeks.
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Janine Henni,
People.com,
6 June 2025
Under federal law, an S corporation must be a domestic corporation with shareholders who are domestic individuals, trusts, or estates (no partnerships, corporations, or non-resident alien shareholders).
Signings of this kind were a regular feature of Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal, at a time when punishing interest payments relating to the Emirates Stadium’s construction made that kind of value-chasing purchase a necessity.
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James McNicholas,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
Disaster relief for residents affected by recent tornadoes in St. Louis and millions of dollars for construction projects, including nearly $50 million for a mental health hospital in Kansas City, are also part of Kehoe’s special session call.
Ward notes proudly that Ynyshir is perhaps the only restaurant in the world to employ a full-time blacksmith—instrumental not only in restoring the old manor house that became the restaurant but in maintaining its many handmade details.
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Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
The manor house, with beautiful neo-Gothic architecture, was in a state of repair, reminding me of the classic shabby-chic look.
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