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It’s an annual tradition in London and Toronto, and this weekend will be inaugurated in New York City. Visitors who sign up for Open House New York get to climb into ordinarily inaccessible and clandestine architectural nooks and crannies. Sarah Lilley got a sneak preview of some of the other hidden corners of the city.

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