In Manhattan, there are only three homes under 12 feet wide, with the slimmest at nine-and-a-half-feet on Bedford Street in Greenwich Village, according to city tax records.

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Velvet in the Gay Village is a definite contender for the best mid-priced place to stay in the city.

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The three-day event in the city's Ocean Village will feature bands, dancers, acrobats, fire eaters and fireworks.

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It used to take place in a muddy open field next to a horse-trading market in a small village, until police moved it into the city this year to avoid tension between the two pursuits.

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That led to helping the village revive its business of making silk weavings with age-old techniques but with modern designs that sell in the city.

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For another classic Istanbul experience, dine on the catch of the day at the waterfront Bebek Balikci, a 20-minute taxi ride north in the charming village of Bebek, once a separate town now annexed by the city.

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One of the biggest undertakings would be a 17, 800-bed Olympic Village, designed in an "open-air museum" concept, which would "be fully financed and guaranteed by the City of Madrid" to ensure "minimum risk factor, " according to the city's application, submitted in February.

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