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Originally Posted by mlewis78
B&N near Lincoln Center is closing in January due to rising real estate costs for that store. Is there another B&N in Manhattan that has closed? I think that the B&N in Tribeca is relatively new. I came upon it by chance when I was down there two months ago.
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No, the Lincoln Center one is the one I was thinking of. I saw the report on the closing, but misremembered when it was to happen. No surprise on the closing, though: rents in that section of town are in low Earth orbit.
The one near me is by Union Square.
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Oddly, the B&N that is closing on Bway/W. 66th just shortened their hours two weeks before Christmas. Now they close at 10pm instead of midnight. I don't know how their sales are, but the store is crowded whenever I go into it.
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Given rents, I doubt they
could sell enough.
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I walked into the Borders at Columbus Circle this evening just because I have a coupon. It was mobbed and in the history section, I couldn't browse because of the people sitting on the floor in the aisles while reading books. The line up front was very long. It's hard to find books I have in mind in that store. It's not well organized nor well stocked.
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The closest to me in on 2nd Avenue in the 30s. Stocking and organization were okay the last time I ws there, but that was a while back.
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Dennis