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The swank Mondrian Hotel The Mondrian Hotel is a hotel in Los Angeles, located on Sunset Boulevard. The original building was built in 1959 as an apartment building. It was reopened in 1996 by Morgans Hotel Group.

The hotel was originally conceived by Ian Schrager and designed by Philippe Starck.
 agreed to pay $1.08 million to a group of mostly minority bellmen who were fired and replaced with 15 white workers days before the Sunset Strip The Sunset Strip is the name given to the mile and a half stretch of Sunset Boulevard that passes through West Hollywood, California. It extends from West Hollywood's east border with Hollywood at Marmont Lane to its west border with Beverly Hills at Phyllis street.  landmark's reopening in 1996, parties to the settlement said.

Each of the nine bellboys will receive about $120,000 over three years, according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

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 the Aug. 3 settlement of a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which alleged the firings were race-based.

The West Hollywood hotel, home of the ultra-hip Sky Bar and a key gathering spot for the Hollywood glitterati glit·te·ra·ti  
pl.n. Informal
Highly fashionable celebrities; the smart set: "private parties on Park Avenue and Central Park West, where the literati mingled with glitterati" 
, is one of several posh establishments owned by former Studio 54 co-proprietor Ian Schrager.
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Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
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Date:Aug 14, 2000
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