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Published at 5:14pm
Published on 9/5/08
Own This City
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1 Yellow cabs
2 The Pepsi sign
3 Katz’s Delicatessen
4 Wonder Wheel
5 Water towers
Sights 6–10
With the continuing chain-storification of New York, it’s reassuring to see that a symbol of Megacorp America can enhance the cityscape. Maybe years from now Starbucks and Duane Reade will represent a ye-olde-style quaintness that residents fight to save. Or not. But this 71-year-old LIC landmark is still paradoxically antique and modern—and awesome. View it from 45th Street and the East River, or for a close-up, take the 7 train to Vernon Blvd–Jackson Ave.
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