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-- the staid marble lobby of the office building that was formerly the victoria hotel does little to prepare one for the scene on the 20th floor: if the 8,000-square foot room pimped out in walls of partitioned glass, dark op-art pile carpet, and purple fluorescent lights recalls studio 54, it's because the owner, art collector steven greenberg, has spared no expense in making it as lavish as his previous projects, the roxy and the palladium. the sue et mare couch came from karl lagerfeld's collection, and a maze of other low-to-the-ground loungers such as a kiss-shaped velour loveseat are similarly flamboyant.