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London Calling Themselves By Our Nickname
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Billy Parker
Published Sep 13, 2008
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Radisson Hotels in Britain have put up a billboard in London with with a picture of Big Ben under the headline, “Heavenly Peace in the City That Never Sleeps.” But today's NY Times basically tells the British capital to step off, noting that their trains do not run all night, most of their pubs close around midnight and even their Apple Store isn't open twenty-four hours. While they make a strong case that London has no business taking one of our city's most beloved nicknames, elsewhere in the paper they question whether London will soon take away our crown as the financial capital of the world.
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