RIP Lincoln Center B&N

[CapnHook]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#1

Posted: 1/1/11 at 2:04pm

The 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

[Mr Roxy]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#2

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

[Katurian2]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#2

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]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#3

Posted: 1/1/11 at 4:26pm

Damn, damn, damn.

"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

[Gothampc]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#4

Posted: 1/1/11 at 4:34pm

So sad. I remember when it opened. I hate to see it go.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[AC126748]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#5

Posted: 1/1/11 at 4:37pm

It 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

[Kad]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#6

Posted: 1/1/11 at 5:14pm

I 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]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#7

Posted: 1/1/11 at 5:20pm

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?

[BroadwayGuy12]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#8

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.

[Kalimba]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#9

Posted: 1/1/11 at 6:50pm

Is it true that a "Skanky 21" store is going there? I loathe stores like that.

[luvtheEmcee]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#10

Posted: 1/1/11 at 7:18pm

This was one of my favorite New York haunts. I'm sad to see it go.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[singtopher]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#11

Posted: 1/1/11 at 8:15pm

If 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

[Katurian2]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#12

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]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#13

Posted: 1/1/11 at 8:23pm

this makes me so sad.

[Kalimba]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#14

Posted: 1/1/11 at 8:42pm

Oh, I thought it was going to be a Forever (Skanky) 21.

[CapnHook]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#15

Posted: 1/1/11 at 8:50pm

Nope -- 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

[luvtheEmcee]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#16

Posted: 1/1/11 at 8:54pm

Katurian, are you confusing Century 21 with Forever 21? I think you are.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[Katurian2]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#17

Posted: 1/1/11 at 8:58pm

Maybe... 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]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#18

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:)

[Bettyboy72]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#19

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.

"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal "I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello

[After Eight]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#20

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]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#21

Posted: 1/1/11 at 9:47pm

If 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]

RIP Lincoln Center B&N#22

Posted: 1/1/11 at 9:50pm

this 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.