"If it's not broken, don't fix it," said Lorraine Gordon, proprietor of the Village Vanguard on a frigid recent afternoon. The heating unit was off, so Gordon, wearing a sweater and down jacket, sat next to a struggling steam radiator near the coat-check room, sipping water and nibbling on takeout fried rice.
"We're not that modern here," she continued. "We need a big face-lift. But I don't want to do it."
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