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Bravo's Andy Cohen is super bummed about the closure of unpronounceable gift shop Mxyplyzyk. "I'm terrified about what's going to go in there. I hope that the incentives for small businesses in Manhattan improve so that we can maintain the fabric of what makes this city great, which is originality... I can't stand going on vanishingnewyork.com and seeing what's next to go." [NY Times]
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