New York City And The Strand Bookstore Are Not On The Same Page

I hear a lot of people discover that after they purchase a historic-registry home; that "historic designation" severely limits your options on what you can do. I can only imagine what that would entail for a business.

I have been to new york city and do not like it. I took my second wife there from the Netherlands. We stayed in Jersey at the Holiday Inn. Received a military discount. The cab drivers are rude. The second time I was a conference at the Pentagon and my daughter was doing a reality show on Madison and 5th. So I checked into the condo she and the staff were being housed at. She was the associated producer. So I show up at the front desk and ask the receptionist if heather was available? She asked me to do you have an appointment. I said no she is my daughter. All these models come running out. They take me in and heather was in the middle of a shoot. It was about 3 PM on a Friday. She said I will be done in about an hour. I asked where can I get a beer? She says across the street is an Irish pub. Then she says aunt gina is in town with the cookie. I say great since I and Regina had gone to high school together. Class of 66. I married her sister Renee. So I go out to go get the beer and who do I see walking on the street Gina and her and her friend. She runs up gives me a big hug. She says I would like to introduce you to my friend cookie. Cookie says I have heard about you Craig. It was Cookie johnson magics wife.
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I've had first-hand experience dealing with the immense red tape and bureaucracy of historic places.
I was helping a group of young religious sisters (Catholic nuns) help renovate an old building next to our local cathedral to be their newest convent location. It was formerly the diocesan newspaper offices until several years ago, but they moved shop and the building sat vacant. They wanted to restore it to be a livable building, but it was a designated historical building on Cathedral Hill in Saint Paul, a historic neighborhood. They were put through so much hell with red tape, bureaucracy, and restrictions from MN Historical Society, the city government, and the local HOA that after a year of stalled progress on the interior, they decided enough was enough and left to open up in Duluth instead.