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This world is so rich — West Texas, oil and gas, Fort Worth, the upstairs downstairs of this whole thing.
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Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
The whole back wall was rotted from water damage and needed replacing, as did the upstairs ceiling, which had to be torn out to bring the insulation behind it up to code.
—John Carlisle, Freep.com, 13 Nov. 2025
As the women trickle in one by one from the upstairs of the London West Hollywood for the shoot in the hotel’s ballroom, they are each met with hugs and compliments from the ladies who arrived before them.
—Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The dilapidated wooden trim and sagging porticos were spruced up a few years ago after preservationists complained to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, but the upstairs windows reveal glimpses of peeling paint, crumbling plaster, and collapsing ceilings inside.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 20 Oct. 2025
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Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
The whole back wall was rotted from water damage and needed replacing, as did the upstairs ceiling, which had to be torn out to bring the insulation behind it up to code.
—John Carlisle, Freep.com, 13 Nov. 2025
As the women trickle in one by one from the upstairs of the London West Hollywood for the shoot in the hotel’s ballroom, they are each met with hugs and compliments from the ladies who arrived before them.
—Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The dilapidated wooden trim and sagging porticos were spruced up a few years ago after preservationists complained to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, but the upstairs windows reveal glimpses of peeling paint, crumbling plaster, and collapsing ceilings inside.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 20 Oct. 2025
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“The upstairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20upstairs. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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