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  Exclusive: Dismantling MOSCOT’s 118 Orchard Store [PHOTOS]

  Ahead of the much-anticipated move across Delancey to 108 Orchard, a story we first broke, the Boogie was given exclusive access to photograph the flagship store before and after the dismantlement.

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  1940s-Era Queens Midtown Tunnel Signage Still Intact

  Look what I found the other day. With some time to spare before I had to be somewhere, I decided to venture  from a usual route. This little adventure landed me on the “Tunnel Exit” street between 34th [...]

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  Neighborhood Chalkings Commemorate Anniversary of Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

  Today marks the day when, 102 years ago, a fire tore through the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Greenwich Village.

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  When Schapiro’s Wine Company Ruled Rivington Street [PHOTOS]

  With Passover looming, seems only appropriate to write about the once almighty Schapiro's Wine empire.

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  Revisiting the ‘Big Burial Man’ of 139-141 Ludlow Street [PHOTOS]

  This. Is. Incredible. A firsthand look at the interior of everyone's favorite Lower East Side building!

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  Street Beat: Grand Street and Its Long Lost Ferry

  Before bridges and tunnels, before Williamsburg lost its "h" and had a bridge eponymously named, there was a ferry.

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  Avoid This Delancey Traffic Jam at All Costs

  And here you thought traffic on Delancey was bad this morning?

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  The New York Post Decries “Preservation Fools”

  Do you folks know what this city would look like without preservation?