Bob Slate Stationer closing

[ron_newman]

Universal Hub reports that Bob Slate is closing in Harvard Square. Someone on the Porter Square Neighbors mailing list says the Porter Square store will also close.

The Slate family has been trying to sell the business since October 2009. Sadly, it appears that they never found a suitable buyer.

Cambridge Day has a news story about this. It says the leases are running out on the two Harvard Square stores, and that while the Slate family owns the Porter Square building outright, that store can't stand on its own. The stores will close in March.

ETA: Boston Globe article says one of the two Slate brothers is 73, and that the stores have lost money for the past two years.

Comments

[secretlyironic.livejournal.com]

Paper Source is good for specialty paper & stationery. In addition, for notecards and such, try Harvard book Store(harvard.com), which carries a wide selection of cards that aren't stocked elsewhere (I'm married to the buyer, but seriously: It's a great selection). Fountain pens are available at Leavitt & Pierce and at art supply stores....