RIP Lincoln Center B&N
RIP Lincoln Center B&N
#1RIP Lincoln Center B&N
Posted: 1/1/11 at 2:04pmThe Lincoln Center BARNES & NOBLE closes its doors tomorrow, Jan 2. Has anyone been over there recently? I think I'm going to go up today and see if there are any bargains...
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#2RIP Lincoln Center B&N
Posted: 1/1/11 at 3:30pm
Wow, that was quick. I thought I had a few more weeks. What a way to start the year.
Raise a glass & toast to B&N. You will be missed along with the long lamented Tower Records.
Poster Emeritus
#2RIP Lincoln Center B&N
Posted: 1/1/11 at 4:04pm
ugh- so sad. I'll admit I didn't buy much there, but their accommodation of performances and theatre-related signings was fantastic. Plus, it was a great place to chill before a show at the Lincoln Center or a movie at the amc theatre a block up.
That being said, I do most of my in-store book shopping at Three Lives & Co....
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#3RIP Lincoln Center B&N
Posted: 1/1/11 at 4:26pmDamn, damn, damn.
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#4RIP Lincoln Center B&N
Posted: 1/1/11 at 4:34pmSo sad. I remember when it opened. I hate to see it go.
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#5RIP Lincoln Center B&N
Posted: 1/1/11 at 4:37pmIt was a favorite place of mine to kill time before seeing a performance at LCT or The Met. I will miss it.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#6RIP Lincoln Center B&N
Posted: 1/1/11 at 5:14pmI didn't realize it was closing so soon! Such a shame.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
ahhrealmonsters
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/10
#7RIP Lincoln Center B&N
Posted: 1/1/11 at 5:20pmDoes anyone know if they'll be offering their remaining items on sale/clearance, or will they just transfer everything to the other B&N stores in the city?
#8RIP Lincoln Center B&N
Posted: 1/1/11 at 5:38pm
Does anyone know if they'll be offering their remaining items on sale/clearance, or will they just transfer everything to the other B&N stores in the city?
I was in last Sunday and they didn't really have a lot on sale. There were a few clearance tables here and there, but not as many as I was expecting. I assumed they're just transferring whatever's remaining to other stores in the city.
I'm really upset to see this store go. They had a great selection of merchandise and were great for CD signings/performances. It was a great place to visit whenever I was seeing a LCT show. Looks like I'll be spending more time at Union Square, where my second favorite Barnes in the city is.
#9RIP Lincoln Center B&N
Posted: 1/1/11 at 6:50pmIs it true that a "Skanky 21" store is going there? I loathe stores like that.
#10RIP Lincoln Center B&N
Posted: 1/1/11 at 7:18pmThis was one of my favorite New York haunts. I'm sad to see it go.
#11RIP Lincoln Center B&N
Posted: 1/1/11 at 8:15pmIf by Skanky 21 you mean Century 21, then yes.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
#12RIP Lincoln Center B&N
Posted: 1/1/11 at 8:19pm
That place is so tacky and gross. It doesn't even make sense for the area. As an UWS resident, I don't understand why it's aiming for that area, which (to my experience) is largely made up of people who, well... don't shop at Century 21.
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
boydowncenter2
Swing Joined: 1/1/11
#14RIP Lincoln Center B&N
Posted: 1/1/11 at 8:42pmOh, I thought it was going to be a Forever (Skanky) 21.
#15RIP Lincoln Center B&N
Posted: 1/1/11 at 8:50pmNope -- no sales. Clearance tables of calendars, greeting cards, Christmas stuff, and an odd selection of books. All stock will go to other stores.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#16RIP Lincoln Center B&N
Posted: 1/1/11 at 8:54pmKaturian, are you confusing Century 21 with Forever 21? I think you are.
#17RIP Lincoln Center B&N
Posted: 1/1/11 at 8:58pmMaybe... idk- I'm thinking Century 21 is that big mothball closet that also seems to be having a sale of the most basic and ugly clothes this side of the Salvation Army. Kind of like Dress Barn but bigger?
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
broadwayjim42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#18RIP Lincoln Center B&N
Posted: 1/1/11 at 9:19pm
Damn. I'll be down on Thursday and was hoping to at least make one final visit.
Maybe I'll still go up there and leave a flower or something:)
#19RIP Lincoln Center B&N
Posted: 1/1/11 at 9:24pm
When Century 21 opens you will not believe the foot traffic of trash that will infiltrate and congest the neighborhood. I dread it.
I will miss the Lincoln Center BN and Im still mourning the Times Square Virgin Megastore.
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After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#20RIP Lincoln Center B&N
Posted: 1/1/11 at 9:27pm
Yes, it is very sad. And the older you get, the more of these places you get to see disappear, with regret. I think back to Tower Records, Virgin Megastore, Footlight Records, Howard Johnson's on 46th St., the Automat on Broadway, Mamma Leone's, Longchamps, not to mention the theatres: Morosco, Helen Hayes, 54th Street, Ziegfeld, Playhouse, Hudson, Bijou, off-Broadway's Variety Arts, Zipper, Promenade, Grove Street Playhouse, so many more.
Noel Coward wrote a song "Nothing Can Last Forever," and it's the sad, sad truth.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#21RIP Lincoln Center B&N
Posted: 1/1/11 at 9:47pmIf the coliseum were in NY, it would have been deemed old & useless years ago & torn down years ago. We have lost so much of our history it is criminal.
Poster Emeritus
Moneyspider
Stand-by Joined: 12/16/10
#22RIP Lincoln Center B&N
Posted: 1/1/11 at 9:50pmthis B&N is the only one I remember what I bought from them. A number of times they were the only place to find certain DVDs and CDs without paying Colony prices. And it was only 18 months ago that I combed through their used books and found a coffee table book covering Jackie Kennedy's televised tour of the White House before JFK was assassinated. It was definitely one of the more unique store-bought gifts I've given my mother.
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