Wow, I'm really surprised to see that Coliseum Books in west midtown was still going in 1998.
― Cabo Weibo (卡波微博) (Deflatormouse), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 04:11 (three years ago) link
...Wait, they were open until 2007 in a 2nd location?? I only remember the one by Columbus Circle.
― Cabo Weibo (卡波微博) (Deflatormouse), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 04:17 (three years ago) link
Did you live in NYC?
― Spiral "Scratch" Starecase (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 04:36 (three years ago) link
I've lived in NYC most of my life, since the late 1980s. I actually worked right next to Bryant park when this thread started and didn't know there was a Coliseum Books there.
― Cabo Weibo (卡波微博) (Deflatormouse), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 04:46 (three years ago) link
Man I wish i had access to a bookstore like this in 2020, i remember some friends used to shit talk this place back in the 80s 90s for being too anonymous/generic but wtf it had the selection, i don't care about atmosphere
― buzza, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 05:32 (three years ago) link
It contained multitudes.
― Spiral "Scratch" Starecase (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 05:37 (three years ago) link
Bank Street Bookstore on the Upper West Side.
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 7 December 2020 16:25 (three years ago) link
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/83822-coronavirus-shutters-longtime-nyc-children-s-bookstore.html
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 7 December 2020 16:43 (three years ago) link
Moving the bookstore out of the lobby of the school many years ago was an obvious mistake and probably sealed its eventual fate. As was letting Beth Puffer go.
― Lamont Dozier Dream House (Deflatormouse), Monday, 7 December 2020 22:22 (three years ago) link
You seem to know a lot about this
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 7 December 2020 22:32 (three years ago) link
I grew up in the neighborhood. The decision to move the store out of the school lobby and into a huge retail space on the corner wasn't to expand the store, it was to free the space in the lobby for a principal's office they could have put anywhere. They went from paying zero rent to paying... I can't remember the figure but it was jaw-dropping.
― Lamont Dozier Dream House (Deflatormouse), Monday, 7 December 2020 23:04 (three years ago) link
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/mome/industries/nyc-bookstores.page
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 19 December 2020 00:57 (three years ago) link