European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 04, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pogo 24 the stars and stripes wednesday May 4, 1977 modern living Hejne Art of desk eng Casino Boardwalk at Atlantic City appears to be a faded Beauty in off season but boosters expect standing room Only when gambling casinos arrive. Ood Byg saudi Arabia. Hello Atlantic a icily. That s where the t action is for designers and architects since it s soon going to be Legal to Gamble in Salt water Taffy land. Licenses could Start coming through by novem Ber. Hotels that were going being for buyers last year Are now fighting off the advances of contractors Engi neers and decorators but interested professionals far outnumber the jobs available. While 1 As vegas has around 150 casinos at lactic City May have no More than 10 or 15 when it hits its Peak. The two hotels off to the fastest Start Are the 1 Alace and the Marlborough Blenheim Valerian s. Hybart. Who has designed a chalet in Switz Erland for Christina Onassis and watering spots around the world including Las Hadas in Mexico has been hired by resorts International to decorate tic Public spaces in by Joan Kron new York times the Palace formerly the Chalfonte Haddon Hall. The Palace revealed Rybar who designed the Tropicana Casino in Las vegas will be contemporary in  unlike Las vegas hotels the Atlan tic City design will not be Garish or vulgar. It will be More suited to the East  when people Gamble according to Wybar who said he did t Gamble too Muchl they want to concentrate so there should t be too Many distractions. The Light should be Bright on the tables while still nattering. The table tops must be Green Felt it s Best for the eyes. And the most important thing is the chairs should be really comfortable some people sit there for a Long Tim and Arm less so people can get in and out at the tables More  should t be too somber or too Bright. No White Walls. No yellow Walls. Although it s not a state secret i d rather not divulge the color of the Casino at the  All he would say was it would be a color combi nation never before used in a Casino. But Money will contrast with it  meanwhile upstairs at the Palace Ellen Lehman me Cluskey the Interior designer who has done hotels from the Waldorf to Loew s Monte Carlo to the watergate has wrapped up the assignment to do 500 guest rooms and vip suites. She said they would have none of that turn of the Century Gingerbread look and certainly not that Las vegas look. They la be pretty in flowery  and considering Tfaye clientele there la be card tables in every  there is More respect for Las vegas Down at the Marl Borough Blenheim at Boardwalk and Park place the Best address in the world in the words of Reese Palley the China and Boehm Bird dealer who has had a shop in the hotel for Many years. In partnership with Bally manufacturing company the pinball and Slot machine people. Palley is planning to spend a million Dollar a week for fifty weeks starting in August to rebuild re store and refurbish the Marlborough Blenheim. Memo to. Abraham  Mavor new York City from Bill Somberk lie new York cite s financial i Lyhl god knows my wife has Dune what she could to help you u Ople Gil in Unur fret Agai Slu did or of what she has Dum for slumping economics to Miami. San fran Cisco. Boston Dallas. Freeport. And ois Ney world. Spent More Mone that i am making last week As she  Reading the news. Paper slit1 looked up her eyes misting and said new York i h me " by Ermo Bombeck at Wirs end with that Che packed a few things in a Large bag an old save the Economy trick and headed for fun less City. It is not easy living with a crusader who is single hand edly fighting the Battle of Supply and demand she has a credit card for Al s bait shop she goes to a Hospital to have surgery and brings Home presents for everyone she checks out so Worth of stuff at the supermarkets and does not have one edible item in the cart she carries a deferred account at the bakery for the last five Yean she has been going to garage sales. We own four garages one of them in new Jersey. She can but for her entire Christmas list in a tool die shop. She is the first woman Ever to suffer Finger Burns from a smoking american express card the other night in a restaurant she said. Give me $5 i am going to the restroom " what do you need with is in a restroom " i might see something 1 want to buy " there is nothing to buy in a ref room " you said that at the  As a Man with deep feelings of gratitude you Are. I suspect thrashing about for some Way of repaying my wife for her services to new York City. May i suggest when you make out the fiscal budget in two weeks you of without her support. She is in deep depression Over the w. T. Grant company and cries constantly. Where was 1 when they needed me regards