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A tipster reports a union protest on West Broadway in Soho, where an enormous inflatable rat is keeping watch over Dolce & Gabbana and M Missoni. Protestors are accusing the landlord, United American Land, of hiring "a substandard company to perform deadly asbestos abatement." Scary! Quips our reader, "Some asbestos with your Eurotrash clothing?"
· All Union Rat coverage [Curbed NY]
· United American Land [Official Site]