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The Barbizon residential hotel for women opened in 1928 and became a mecca for young women across the US â often in pursuit of artistic careers. Women could feel safe in the heart of New York. Men werenât allowed past the lobby, but Grace Kelly â a pre-fame resident â found ways around that.The list of women who lived there over most of the century is imposing. For Sylvia Plath, who set her novel
The Bell Jar there, it was a disturbing experience. To the young Joan Didion it was her introduction to the Big Apple and the writing life. The stories of Candice Bergen, Joan Crawford, Liza Minnelli and many more (as well as the importance of