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980:Transverses
964:59th Street
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835:The Concert
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293:Cedar Hill
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1268:73°57′8″W
1186:Pattycake
1181:Pale Male
878:Transport
714:The Dairy
585:The Gates
267:Manhattan
208:CPC site
103:Fort Fish
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343:Rat Rock
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