The patrons of the strip joint three blocks from Ground Zero, no doubt, experience the sacral nature of the neighborhood in particularly poignant ways. They know that -- even nine years after the terrible, pivotal tragedy that redefined America's sense of itself -- every pole dance, every gyration, every nearly-naked woman sitting on the lap of a patron expresses that mournful sense of loss all of us -- especially the families of those who perished -- feel deep down in our guts.
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