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  • Inside, the penthouse has 6 skylights, two master bedrooms, bamboo flooring, maple cabinets and the original marble-faced wood-burning fireplace.

    PHOTOS: Historic Cap Hill Condo Selling For $438k Andrea Rael 2011

  • Inside, the penthouse has 6 skylights, two master bedrooms, bamboo flooring, maple cabinets and the original marble-faced wood-burning fireplace.

    PHOTOS: Historic Cap Hill Condo Selling For $438k Andrea Rael 2011

  • An old nondescript five story white marble-faced building, Prentis Hall also happened to be where the first atomic bomb was developed.

    Binky Philips: Interviewing Pink Floyd, Dining With Tony Bennett, and Getting Advice From an Undercover Cop Binky Philips 2011

  • "Yes, my lady," Rennati whispered, since it seemed that Lady Lydiell was waiting for an answer as they walked down a marble-faced hallway.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • He glanced around him at the marble-faced hotel lobby where a small group of well-dressed gentlemen had come in and were talking.

    A Funeral In Blue Perry, Anne, 1938- 2001

  • Bamboo scaffolding lashed together with frayed rope held up buildings either under construction or in the process of demolition, it was hard to tell, and gaudy, marble-faced commercial buildings alive with Arabic signs in neon were lonely outposts in the middle of acres of raw desert.

    A Veiled Journey Brien, Nell 1999

  • It was yet another tribute to the prodigious energies of this remarkable clan that, a mere seven months later—on July 4, 1833—the museum was able to reopen its doors in a newly renovated, exceedingly handsome, marble-faced edifice.

    Nevermore Harold Schechter 1999

  • He pointed with it, his head turned, his red helmet on fire with the glint of the sun reflected off the marble-faced walls.

    Vittorio, The Vampire Rice, Anne, 1941- 1999

  • There were two large sitting areas with settees facing each other, a gigantic marble-faced fireplace, and several round-backed chairs and small wooden tables with glass tops.

    For The Roses Garwood, Julie 1995

  • Decorated with the prows of ships taken in battle, it was impressive, with its backdrop of the Temple of the Divine Julius (on the spot where his body had been cremated), marble-faced basilicas or law courts and other public buildings.

    Time Scout Asprin, Robert 1995

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