So bad that rounding 23rd Street and Broadway I can count on getting cut off.

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The Pop-Up, which used to be a time-sensitive device to surprise and delight, has now become as standard south of 23rd Street as rubber Wellingtons and neck scarves.

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Hemmed between Mariposa Street, 23rd Street, Highway 280 and Pier 70, the nine square blocks of Dogpatch make up one of the few areas of the city that survived the 1906 earthquake and fire.

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He has, however, captured several images of sunbathers, one of whom looks more appropriately dressed for a beach in the south of France than 23rd Street, where pedestrians are crossing with the light below.

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At the chain's Third Avenue and 23rd Street location, the instructor doubled as a fee collector, making change from a metal cash box it reminded me of those tiny Central American airports where the baggage handler turns out to be the pilot.

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His clients include Taproom No. 307 on East 23rd Street, where patrons can get a jasmine margarita made with kombucha, and Urban Rustic in Brooklyn's Williamsburg, which runs two self-serve taps and also sells "beer bucha, " a 50-50 mix of a light beer and kombucha.

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