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This mini-museum features oddball relicsachunks of old Flatiron buildings, ancient Statue of Liberty memorabiliaain a tiny two-room shop. Some belong to the City Reliquary, some are the collections of others in the community. Pay 50 cents, and a women will usher you past a velvet rope into a room of curiosities well worth the quarters. The Reliquary is also behind a number of events, as planners of a Collectors' Night, a Brooklyn Bridge Birthday Bicycle Ride (on the Bridge's birthday, they ride to the top and eat birthday cake) and Bicycle Fetish Day, an annual street fair for bicycle enthusiasts.
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The City Reliquary began as a modest window display of subway tokens in Dave Herman's old street-level apartment, but it quickly grew into a neighborhood nexus where people came to share personal reflections and collections inspired by the five boroughs. Soon, people were leaving offerings in the plants and on the doorstep, so Herman decided to rent a public space a few blocks away that could serve as a "watercooler" for "natives, newcomers, and passersby." The windows of the new... More »
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