Bookstores
Asked if she would be forced to sell the business that has been in her family for three generations, Wyden told Gothamist on Friday, "You just said that, and my heart dropped."
Oct 23, 2020 3:52 PM
"We were honestly too optimistic about reopening," Strand owner Nancy Bass Wyden said.
Jul 13, 2020 4:25 PM
She is wrestling with a disturbing irony of her success: authors, publishers, bookstore owners, and even Amazon are getting rich “because George Floyd died.”
Jun 12, 2020 12:31 PM
“The Strand has survived catastrophes, from the Great Depression to 9/11, and weathered the schisms in the book industry that many predicted would put us out of business. After a century of beating the odds, we won’t give up now.”
Mar 23, 2020 11:40 AM
There are no bookstores left in the Bronx, but one local woman hopes to change that.
Updated: Jan 25, 2017 1:50 PM
Bluestockings, a feminist bookstore that has hung tough on the Lower East Side for more than two decades, needs your help.
Updated: Sep 23, 2015 4:55 PM
"I have three or four customers who are not into books, they just like coming here once in a while. One girl comes once a month from Brooklyn just to smoke pot."
Updated: May 13, 2015 4:06 PM