Bookstores leaving Manhattan, forced out by rents

We’ll always have The Strand. Now if you’ll excuse us, we have another opera company to close and a bank to put into the first floor of Lincoln Center.

I do find it amusing that the little children’s bookstore that was the impetus for “You’ve Got Mail” is still there but two Barnes and Nobles within walking distance have closed. Of course AOL isn’t what it used to be either, so that movie’s not exactly prescient…

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