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unusual facts about Barclay Hotel


Barclay Hotel

The narrator of Nicholson Baker's novel The Fermata first discovers his ability to "freeze time" while staying at the Barclay Hotel as a child.


George X. Schwartz

In January 1980, Schwartz met with two men at a suite at the Barclay Hotel in Rittenhouse Square.

Harry Jannotti

In 1980, Jannotti met with two men at a suite at the Barclay Hotel in Rittenhouse Square.

John McShain

McShain acquired the Barclay Hotel on Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square and became part owner of the "Skyscraper By The Sea", the 400-room Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey


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