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Everyone's favorite 16 seed elimination challenge—the annual Curbed Cup—is onto its final first-round matchup. (For those new to the cup, Curbed is pitting 16 microneighborhoods against each other in an effort to find the 2008 Neighborhood of the Year. Winner gets fame, glory and a big fake gold trophy.) Yesterday, Red Hook and inland Long Island City (aka Dry LICe) triumphed over Times Square and the Upper Upper East Side. Today, the barren retail wastes of G-slope take on the shopping wonderland of Nolita, and Rich Man's Tribeca does battle with the Far West Village. Vote now! [Curbed]