Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Barclay Hotel is located at 237 S. 18th St. on the southeast corner of Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, PA. Once the most famous hotel in the city and owned by John McShain (1898–1989), it has since been converted to condominiums. The hotel opened in October 1929.The hotel was the site in 1980 of the FBI's Abscam sting operation, which exposed corruption in government. Federal agents posing as Arab sheikhs rented a suite here, where they solicited the help of local, state and federal officials.. }
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- Barclay_Hotel abstract "The Barclay Hotel is located at 237 S. 18th St. on the southeast corner of Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, PA. Once the most famous hotel in the city and owned by John McShain (1898–1989), it has since been converted to condominiums. The hotel opened in October 1929.The hotel was the site in 1980 of the FBI's Abscam sting operation, which exposed corruption in government. Federal agents posing as Arab sheikhs rented a suite here, where they solicited the help of local, state and federal officials.".