Nancy Bass Wyden, owner of the Strand Bookstore in New York City, gave an update on plans for the Strand's new Columbus Avenue location at a community board meeting last week, the West Side Rag reported.
"We can't haul 18 miles of books up here, but we're going to have a huge selection that's curated for the West Side community," Bass Wyden told community members. "We're going to bring as much of the Strand downtown to your community."
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| On Twitter, Strand owner Nancy Bass Wyden offered a video preview of the new store. | |
The Columbus Avenue Strand will have a large children's section complete with an astronomy theme as an homage to the nearby Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. Event plans include author signings, lectures, discussions and weekly storytime sessions.
While the Strand at Columbus Avenue has not yet set an official opening date, it is expected to open later this month. It will reside in the space that previously housed Book Cuture.