Trophy Building

[Mullins, Bill]

Is the trophy in this phrase so different than "trophy wife" that it
should be followed separately?

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> TROPHY BUILDING--669 Google hits, 33 Google Groups hits ...
> Gotham Stalls Out
> City Journal - Jul 24, 2005
> ... per square foot of a lease in a Manhattan office
> building, while in new=20 buildings the tax averages $19 per
> square foot, and in =E2=80=9Ctrophy=E2= =80=9D buildings
> like=20 the ...=20 ...
> ...
> The great article "Gotham Stalls Out" (by the Manhattan
> Institute) mentions=20 "trophy buildings." This is not to be
> confused with Elvis Presley's "trophy=20 building" where he
> stored "trophies." A "trophy building" is something like=20=
> the=20 AOL-Time Warner Center.
> ...
> Any dates for "trophy building"? Does it come from New York City?
> ...
> COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC: I killed 'em at the debate last night
> at the Harlem=20 Children's Zone on 125th Street. I guarantee
> there will be no general electi= on=20 debate after that!
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