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Breaking the back of a bookstore: How the city landmarking process will strangle the Strand

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Breaking the back of a bookstore: How the city landmarking process will strangle the Strand
I’m the third-generation owner of the Strand Bookstore, a 92-year-old institution that countless New Yorkers and I love dearly. My dad’s proudest moment came in 1996, when he finally saved up enough money to buy the building that had housed the store since he was a young man. He’d watched rents climb and he’d seen enough competitors go under to know that making that purchase was key to ensuring the Strand’s survival.
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