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  • 100th Street Candy Store

    100th Street Candy Store

    A great little bodega, the 100th Street Candy Store, wedged in between two much larger buildings on West 100th Street btw. Manhattan Ave and CPW: They’ve got it all, including “lotery tickets and things!” I really like signs with colored lights around the border. -SCOUT

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  • The Rooptop House on 3rd Ave

    The Rooptop House on 3rd Ave

    After posting about the Beach House on an East Village apartment roof, one of our readers, Karen, commented that it reminded her of the rooftop house on 13th and 3rd, above the Kiehl’s store. Today was the first time I had a chance to check it out, and sure enough, there’s a clapboard house –…

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  • The Financial District Pharaohs

    The Financial District Pharaohs

    I’m not sure how well you can see these from the ground, but adorning the corners of this building are some great pharaohs, complete with headdresses and wings: As a sidenote, if you look at the buildings to the left, you’ll see some bear heads keeping watch: -SCOUT

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  • The Abandoned Big Bamboo Lounge of Kissimmee, FL

    The Abandoned Big Bamboo Lounge of Kissimmee, FL

    Two years ago, I took my first ever trip down to Disney World and had a much better time than I ever expected to. On a non-parks day, a friend took me around Orlando to a few interesting sites off the beaten path. Among them was the then-closed/now-demolished Big Bamboo Lounge, a dive bar pictured…

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