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First of all, the corn mousse being shaped like corn?? I wasn't expecting it and it DELIGHTED me!

You sold me on Poor Things. On all accounts, but particularly, I want to see Mark Ruffalo have as much fun as Ryan Gosling!

My most relevant-knowledge of landmark status comes from when The Strand fought against it a few years ago - I remember the owner saying it was going to do more harm than good and create a lot of red tape they'd have to wade through in order to make any changes to the store. I don't remember where the whole thing landed - I hadn't realized until then that landmark status could be anything but good!

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Oh that’s an interesting take on landmark status! I mean it would definitely make a lot of red tape when it comes to renovations. But like that’s also the point? It looks like they were made a landmark in 2019 and according to this article, they do hate it: https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/the-strand-bookstore-is-now-a-city-landmark-and-the-owner-hates-it

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