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Group fights to save LES streetscape

Cluttered with condos, hotels and boutiques, the Lower East Side's tenement streetscape has long been fading. But a national preservation group says there's still hope to save the neighborhood before it is totally unrecognizable.

"This is one of the most important neighborhoods in America," said Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. "It's very distinctive...

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