Chequered flooring aside, the time for chess metaphors has passed.
Day & Meyer's new warehouse had a climate-controlled vault for paintings and silver, and an entire floor set aside for storing grand pianos.
If this all sounds a little like NCT classes in Lycra, it really wasn't (pelvic floor exercises aside), and the 1½-hour classes passed all too quickly.
Genting's renderings show a two-story gambling hall with a third floor set aside for large events, but which could also be used for table games like roulette, blackjack and poker, should the state allow them.
Mr. Silver said on Wednesday that he had "never been more proud" of his members, while Mr. Bruno, in a speech on the Senate floor, brushed aside talk of fiscal gloom, saying: "I don't want to be one of the pessimists who says the sky is falling, we're going over a cliff, it is doomsday".
"The hotel, which is in a downtown area that has a transient problem, had three floors set aside for flight attendants," Ms. Weiss said.
One floor is set aside as a V.I.P. dressing room, no less.
Seemingly every lighting fixture in the apartment had been strategically positioned on the floor, lampshades set aside to allow naked bulbs to illuminate the scene.
Another portion of the second floor is set aside for the Crockfords Casino, named after the upscale London casino also owned by Genting, designed for high-rollers and would-be Donald Trumps who will have access through a private entrance, after being delivered to Aqueduct in Champagne-stocked limousines.
Create a circle with them on the floor spot set aside for the bookworm tree.
