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TIL that the Barbizon Hotel for Women was a female-only hotel from 1927 to 1981, with a gymnasium, private library, solarium, swimming pool, Turkish bath and organ recitals. Patrons were mainly artists and included Sylvia Plath, Grace Kelly and Liza Minnelli

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