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Residents want to save mystery West Village building

In New York City, in places where hard facts don't go, rumor and speculation fill the void.

Such is the case with 43 MacDougal St., an 1846 building that has for decades sat empty and abandoned in the West Village.

"I heard that it used to be a hangout for the mafia, and there was a police shootout there, and they had to close it for evidence," said Tal Kon, 22, who has lived on the...

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