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CBGB swept away, ready for new tenant

Rock 'N Roll lives on! Can't shut us down! Mad Dog wuz here!

The graffiti outside what was once CBGB is scrawled in English, Spanish and even Arabic. It is among the only visual signs of the now shuttered music club and a reminder of the rough-and-tumble Bowery neighborhood that once surrounded it.

CBGB itself has been gutted, and all that remains of the venue that launched The Ramones,...

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