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I think all of Manhattan has pretty much become a bar-slash-nightclub-slash-restaurant. There were always pockets of that. But now every corner of Manhattan is that.

Julian Casablancas

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Julian Casablancas
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: August 23
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New York City
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