The Worst News Day Ever

[magpie-leah.livejournal.com]

I was so sad to read the earlier post about La Contessa's closing and I was writing a friend about it and she pointed out this recent story about McIntyre & Moore:
http://somervillenews.typepad.com/the_somerville_news/2007/03/is_the_writing_.html

Comments

[ifotismeni]

oh man.... i have to admit this is pretty sad news. i live in davis square but i don't buy books at their store, i was pretty worried when i heard the big open space at the porter exchange is going to be a barnes and noble. i don't think that's necessarily direct competition but it can't help. still it's more important that local businesses like this aren't all converted into crappy chain stores... if this place goes and is replaced by yet another chain that'll be a damn shame indeed.

[ron_newman]

is that a real Barnes & Noble or just the Lesley bookstore?

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

It's the Lesley bookstore that is now owned by Barnes & Noble.

[ifotismeni]

the place i'm talking about is on the ground floor, seperate from the lesley store, where the gap used to be. but this information is second hand. i asked the staff at the sushi bar across from it and she said it's going to be a coffee store and bookstore, but couldn't remember the name. i asked if it was barnes and nobles and she thought that sounded right but couldn't remember.

Not a Bookstore

[beckmann.livejournal.com]

The former Gap is being broken into 3 spaces - 1 coffee and 2 different non-food retail establishments. Lesley has not yet rented. The BN in the basement is the Lesley bookstore and will probably stay, but isn't really competition for bookstores around here since it is really just for textbooks, etc. All will likely be open by the end of the summer.

Re: Not a Bookstore

[ifotismeni]

ohhh cool, thanks so much! i was a bit confused why BN would rent out two spaces in the same building. do you know if these 3 new places will be chain stores by any chance? (i'm crossing my fingers for more delicious japanese and korean food places in the exchange)

Re: Not a Bookstore

[beckmann.livejournal.com]

They havent rented yet, so I dont know what they will be. I only know 2 of them cannot be food because they are not zoned for it. 1 will be coffee.

Re: Not a Bookstore

[ifotismeni]

very interesting -- thanks for this update! i'm very curious what's going to happen with that space.

Re: Not a Bookstore

[flexagon]

I heard Starbucks, for what it's worth; and I think I heard that from a Bally's employee but can't remember for sure anymore.