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My name is nancy widen, i am the owner of the strand along with my dad, fred bass, who usually can be found in the buying desk on the main floor. Ninety years ago my grandfather, benjamin bass, founded the strand on fourth avenue, right around the corner. It was an area that was known as book row. It ran from about the 1880s to about is about the 1970s, and at its height there were 48 bookstores. Today were till run by my family. Were the sole survivor of decades of big box stores, amazon, ebooks, and we hold our 18 miles of books of new, rare and old. And tonight i am delighted that were goin...

My name is nancy widen, i am the owner of the strand along with my dad, fred bass, who usually can be found in the buying desk on the main floor. Ninety years ago my grandfather, benjamin bass, founded the strand on fourth avenue, right around the corner. It was an area that was known as book row. It ran from about the 1880s to about is about the 1970s, and at its height there were 48 bookstores. Today were till run by my family. Were the sole survivor of decades of big box stores, amazon, ebooks, and we hold our 18 miles of books of new, rare and old. And tonight i am delighted that were goin...