Gallery: NYC's Busy Streets, Photoshopped Into Beautiful Desolation

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    The Empire State Building
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    Haughwout Building
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    Flatiron Building
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    Three buildings on West Tenth Street
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    Nineteen Street (after)
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    The Van Dyke Building
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    West 72nd Street
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    Dorilton Apartments
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    Alwyn Court
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    Bank on Eighth
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    The Ansonia
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