"upstate Manhattan"

[Laurence Horn]

On Jun 12, 2013, at 7:13 PM, Dan Goodman wrote:

> From Publishers Lunch newsletter:
>
> Word Up Community Bookshop, the "completely implausible store" in
> Washington Heights, aka "upstate Manhattan," has successfully raised
> $60,000 on IndieGoGo from over 800 supporters. The store has signed a
> lease for a new storefront location at 2113 Amsterdam Avenue, by 165
> Street. The reopening has not been scheduled yet.
>
Hey, my old neighborhood.  Well, my subway station was at 163rd and Amsterdam and my junior high was at 165th and Edgecombe (a block from Amsterdam).  Not only did I never realize I was upstate, I would have considered the proposition "completely implausible".

LH

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