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Tenants try to buy Bronx birthplace of hip-hop

Tenants of a Sedgwick Avenue building deemed the birthplace of hip-hop announced Tuesday plans to buy the property themselves to keep it affordable. The residents are trying to purchase 1520 Sedgwick

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Jan 16, 2008, 6:20 AM

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