Where to go?

Tribune-Review columnist Mike Seate heads downtown looking for a good newsstand, and finds out there isn't one.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/seate/s_550066.html

Points out what was lost when Barnes and Noble decided to close its doors on Smithfield Street. Smithfield News will be fine once the expansion/remodeling wraps up, but it's also in an inconvenient location for a lot of people who work downtown. There's still a book department at Macy's, I think, but the last time I looked it was a little ragged, heavy with remainders and other salvage material.

Maybe if a significant downtown housing component develops, a bookstore with a B & N-styled magazine section will follow. In the meantime, better fill out those subscription cards.