Storecasting Doom Edition: Toys R' Us Looking Perky!

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From the Central Village, a tipster emails the above photo with this note, "For everyone who wept over the news that the old Tower Records on Broadway was turning into a Toys R' Us, get ready to scream. At least that's what I wanted to do looking in on the racks of Hello Kitty crap. The East Village is doomed." Additional commentary superfluous.
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