Upscale Bookstore to Open in Scarsdale

Attention book-lovers. It appears the market for the printed word is not dead after all. Just when you were getting used to reading on your digital device, Barnes and Noble has announced plans to open a new prototype bookstore at the site of the former Borders Store in the Lord and Taylor Shopping Center. According to Publisher's Weekly, the store will be "upscale" and include a "five star restaurant."

The concept for the new bookstore makes sense in an area filled with avid readers who often belong to multiple book clubs. Residents are still mourning the loss of Reading, Writing and Wrapping in Scarsdale Village and the closing of Borders Bookstores in Scarsdale and White Plains.

Planned for a 2016 opening, no doubt the store will be well received by locals.