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Urban Legends

Urban Legends

Gimme a Good Table: Elaine’s Finds a Buyer, May Be Torn Down

What New York and Shanghai Could Learn from Each Other

Tearing Down Elaine’s: Developers Want to Demo Woody’s Table

Irony 1, Jane Jacobs 0: New Urban Deity's Word Made Flesh in New York's Shiniest Condos

Adult Contemporary Bites: Neighbors Say Norah Jones Gave Them Bed Bugs

Elevator Close Buttons Don’t Actually Work, and Other Office Oddities

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