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9 Bleecker Street, former home of the Yippies, will indeed be converted into a boxing gym as previously speculated, and will be called Overthrow NYC in homage to the counterculture newspaper that was once published there. "It's going to be boxing meets punk rock," said founding member Joey Goodwin in a video. "We're going to keep the history, keep the heritage, and go from there." [EV Grieve]