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FAO Schwarz Closing Iconic Manhattan Store

The rent was just too damned high!


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Do you remember that scene from “Big” where Tom Hanks plays chopsticks by jumping up and down on a giant electric piano? Of course you do.

Well that scene was filmed at the FAO Schwarz in Manhattan opposite The Plaza Hotel right by Central Park.

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Bloomberg reports that its parent company, Tors R’ Us, is looking for another location.

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by Matthew Townsend and David M Levitt

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