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Building on the Past

Landmark restaurants nurture strong communities around traditional tables

By Thomas Matthews

Midtown Manhattan is a forest of tall buildings that embodies the city's restless ambition to grow ever bigger and more powerful. But on E. 52nd Street, just off Fifth Avenue, is a surprising relic of.....

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