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One Last Cigarette
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Jen Chung
Published Aug 30, 2005
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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LAist editor Jason Toney was in town, and he captured this photograph of one of the city's fixtures. And some thoughtful passer-by made sure the bloated rat wouldn't be lonely on the street until the Department of Sanitation swept him up. Even though Gothamist is not always excited to see a rat, we have to say this is a pretty great, if gross, picture.
Gothamist loves the book Rats by Robert Sullivan. And is this a subversive way of thanking Mayor Bloomberg for the smoking ban? Anyway, this photo can be found on the Gothamist stream on Flickr; add your NYC life photos to it!
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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