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A real "wow!" post by Scouting New York on getting a tour of Manhattan's 5 Beekman Street, boarded up for decades. Click through for stunning photos.
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In 1940, the atrium was boarded up due to firecode violations. Completely hidden, later tenants would never know of its existence, seeing only a walled corridor (though according to a recent NY Times article, a secret door offered those who stumbled upon it an amazing discovery).
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