I have browsed there with delight... not sure that I ever found what I was specifically looking for. . . . Owned by Wyden? 😕
Interesting topic.
But, “I feel sacrilegious for invoking such numinous phrases, but it’s hard to think of a better personal metaphor for the Strand, New York City’s iconic bookstore located in Greenwich Village.”, horribly written.
At least the author was ambitious.
Public good outweighs individual greed. Right Wyden? God, I love to see self-righteous virtue-signaling gasbags hoist on their own petards.
So, the Senator from Oregon has a wife who runs a bookstore in New York City?
This weeks feel good story.
Yes, but is she paying a living wage?
Ok, where in the article does it talk about ‘what’ the problem is with it becoming a landmark and why it costs more?
It could not have happened to a nicer guy.
Where did the money to purchase this “landmark” originate. Certainly, not an Oregon Senator’s Salary. But, she wants to make a profit? How does that square with a state that just put $4 million in their budget for the express purpose of defending illegals and suing Trump?
Who knew Wyden had a wife I always thought he was a homo
Bitten by the snake they train to bite us! SCHADENFREUDE to the max.
It is just an assumption by the author that she’s a lefty but since she’s married to Ron Wyden it is probably a good assumption. However, even as a lefty it’s not surprising that she embraces free market principles when it comes to her business. Let’s face it, Liberals are the most conservative people I know when it comes to their own money. They are also the most generous people I know when dealing with everyone else’s money.
As an aside, he makes reference to comparing her to Dagney Taggart from Atlas Shrugged. While I like a lot of what Ayn Rand had to say (the whole atheism stuff not so much) I found both the Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged to be tediously long and preachy for my tastes. I mean only Rand could take a whole chapter for the John Galt speech in Atlas Shrugged and the Howard Roark speech in Fountainhead. With massive slashing of soliloquies these could both be great movies. There was a version of Fountainhead starring Gary Cooper in the 40’s that was pretty good. I don’t think the Atlas Shrugged movie was that good simply because not enough resources was put into it. It was a B movie right from the start.
The Strand is an irreplaceable treasure. I spent many an hour there in my NYC days, lived a few blocks away.
In many ways it is a canary in the coal mine for NYC - if The Strand can’t survive there, a whole lot of NYC culture is probably already gone.
Even better idea . . . have the city claim it under eminent domain and open a homeless shelter in the building . . . and THEN declare it a landmark
That's amusing, that a good liberal would consider that even possible. A little bit of Schaedenfreude for those hurt because of those petty tyrants.
