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Storied Village bar shuttered

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The Cedar Tavern in the Village has been closed since last year as its owner prepared to add seven stories to the existing two-story building on University Place off 11th Street. The owner said the bar would re-open this January, but it remains shuttered and its interior is gutted. While some locals say the apparent closing of the bar–which was once the haunt of artists and writers like Jackson Pollock and Jack Kerouac–signals that the old Village is dead and gone, other area residents are more accepting of its fate. “It had pretty much run its course,” said a man who used to live near the bar. “Anyway, none of the people who made it what is was were coming here anymore.” more [AMNY]

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