High Line Takeover

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Though it's been good for retail, the High Line's trendiness is pushing one shop out. Chelsea auto-body owner Alan Brownfeld (who the Post describes as "scruffy" but we say "awesome") says his landlord won't allow him to extend his lease "because of the High Line people." Nearby flowershop owner Maryann Finegan gets her delivery trucks serviced at Brownfeld's shop—and is pissed: "This neighborhood wants to homogenize everything into a Yuppieville." [NYP]