1 Dunkin’ Donuts
2 Chain banks
3 Irish pubs
4 Duane Reade
5 Cell-phone stores
Blights 6–10


6 Manhattan Mall
Sixth Ave at 33rd St
It may have been cutting edge in 1989, but this soul-crushing, rundown megacenter—like the “crappy” mall in your mom’s neighborhood—is stuck in a visual, pink time warp.

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7 McDonald’s
Those tacky yellow beacons that herald processed meat and mold-resistant fries make us see red.

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8 Au Bon Pain
The obtrusive yellow awnings splattered throughout the city can put you off your breakfast. Besides, the sandwich “artists” pronounce Caprese like “Caprice”; if they can’t tell a sandwich from a Chevy, you know you’d best keep walking!

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9 PC Richard & Son
PC Richard, and whoever his son is, sure do love America. The red, white, and blue–strewn storefronts can turn a Manhattan street into a Midwestern town on the Fourth of July—but with vacuums instead of fireworks. Ooh, vacuums! Ahhh!

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10 U.S. Post Offices
Don’t think, USPS, that just because you have the old Penn Station’s sister at Eighth Avenue and 33rd Street, you can get away with your monotonous gray storefronts and “we know you have to use us, so we can’t be bothered designing anything decent” posters. No wonder your counter clerks are cranky.

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