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Roofus: This tower is just too big

By Cristian Fleming Posted on November 12, 2009

Roofus: This tower is just too big

Our cartoonist, Roofus, doesn’t think too kindly of a Greenpoint developer who wants to build a 47-story luxury tower.

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