Storecasting: Barnes & Noble UES to Open Friday

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This Friday, June 19th, Barnes & Noble will open the doors to their brand new, bi-level, 55,000-square-foot Upper East Side store at 150 East 86th Street. The location, which the press release states "will serve as a community center for the Upper East Side" (guess community center equals Starbucks plus public bathroom facilities), will open with a photo op with Winnie the Pooh and students from PS 169 and PS 198.
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