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Under the theory that possibly fatuous metaphors are the secret of well-crafted glib magazine writing, we couldn't help but notice, as we walked through Cooper Square last night for the first time in a while, that the Village Voice banner hanging from the alt-weekly's office building was nearly entirely obstructed by the various scaffolding and other construction stuff in front of the building.

Poignant, right?

Earlier: Gawker's coverage of the 'Village Voice.'