Danise said:
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DR Elmore, I've been pouring over my map of NYC and found a B&N down by the Farmers Market. Is that your B&N? Or is it the one off of the Ave. of the Americias? I LOVE this little folding map I bought. I can't believe how close I was to things the last time around and missed them."Danise, neither B&N is Larry's B&n. Both are near me. The Farmer's Market B&N is on 17th Street between Broadway and Park Avenue South, which becomes the remants of Fourth Avenue in just three blocks. It's a very big store and despite my knowledge of NYC history, I forget what it was before it became a B&N. It's one of many older buildings in the area that were part of the thriving Union Square scene at the turn of the century. The B&N on Sixth Avenue is at 21st Street, also far from Mr. Moore's stomping grounds. Even though it seems smaller than the Union Square facility, from what I've heard (told to me by a friend who used to work there) the Sixth Avenue facility is the "flagship" store. It's in the middle of the Chelsea shopping revival with Bed, Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, Home Depot, T.J. Maxx and many other mall-type stores. Mr. Moore's store is uptown at 83rd Street. It's also a multi-level store (I believe it's two floors, correct LMOORE?) and I have used the bathroom at times because it's on the list of available public restrooms (the one I keep in my brain). I haven't been in the store since I met dear Mr. Moore. We New Yorkers are a neighborhood-oriented kind of people. I go to mid-town to see theatre but we don't get out of our neighborhood as much as we should. We have been uptown to Larry's lovely abode and he has been down here and next week we shall traverse to Brooklyn (all the way out to Bay Ridge) for a gathering of the cousins (as it has been called) of the Morelli clan but we have so much in the neighborhood that unless we make plans we don't often get above 23rd Street (I'm on 16th). I also work in my neighborhood (half a block from my apartment) so I don't commute to other parts of the city during the week.
Well, that certainly turned into a long paragraph, didn't it. All because I wanted to explain about Barnes & Noble. Perhaps Anthony is correct, I do give too much information. He says "I ask a question and ten minutes later I get the answer I'm looking for." Oh, well. At least he gets some history and further information in the process. What can I say? it's me
