Post #406111 by Pacifilantic on Fri, Sep 5, 2008 8:16 AM

Apparently there was an article in the New Yorker (Dec. 25, 1943):

"Franklin Hughes, night club designer, designed the New Monte Carlo bar and also the Copa bar, at the Copacabana."

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1943/12/25/1943_12_25_047_TNY_CARDS_000196045

Unfortunately the article does not seem to be available online.