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The dance floor that helped to fuel the '70s disco craze goes up for auction on April 1, with bids expected both in a live sale and on the Internet's eBay site.

The 1977 movie earned Travolta an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Tony Manero, a 19-year-old Brooklyn paint-store clerk whose mundane existence is forgotten when he takes to the dance floor every Saturday.

The floor, which has more than 300 colored, flashing lights under a Perspex surface, had been a fixture in the 2001 Odyssey nightclub since the movie was made.

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Architectural critic for the New Republic, Martin Filler has been studying the rebuilding efforts at the World Trade Center site. As a result of his research he believes that both Daniel Libeskind, architect of the Freedom Tower and Michael Arad, designer of the Memorial, have been made obsolete participants in the rebuilding effort.

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