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Im West Village in Manhattan, wo Jacobs lange Jahre gelebt hat, gibt es mittlerweile Straßen, die Einkaufszentren ähneln, doch im Lauf der vorangegangenen Jahrhunderte haben diese Gebäude den unterschiedlichsten Zwecken gedient: Sie waren Umschlagplatz eines Industriehafens, Haupt-bezugsquelle für Fleisch in einer Acht-Millionen-Stadt, Refugium der Beatniks und Aussteiger und Epizentrum der Schwulenbewegung.
There are streets in the West Village of Manhattan, where Jacobs lived for so many years, that now resemble shopping malls. But over the past two centuries those old buildings have hosted an entire cavalcade of different uses: they have served as the hub of an industrial port; as the primary supply point of meat for a city of eight million people; as a refuge for beatniks and dropouts; as the epicenter of the gay rights movement.
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