Barnes and Noble Bethesda Avenue Closing end of 2017

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So disappointed.

My reasons for going to downtown Bethesda continue to shrink, and with all the parking issue, I expect I'll only be going a couple of times a a year now, if that, even though we live close by

the new parking garage always has plenty of space

[Anonymous]

Seems like a there is a lot of empty store fronts in bethesda row. Soon there will be plenty of parking!

[Anonymous]

This had been in the works for years they have been on life support there. People go there to sit and read or browse after getting a Starbucks. They need to move inventory and that doesn't happen from people sitting around as if it is a small mom and pop stores.

[Anonymous]

That would be a great space for a yoga studio complex. I hope someone is thinking of this.

[Anonymous]

So interesting. Independent bookstores seem to be flourishing in DC. We have a great new one on the Hill and apparently one is opening on H Street soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So interesting. Independent bookstores seem to be flourishing in DC. We have a great new one on the Hill and apparently one is opening on H Street soon.

"Seem" and "new" would be the operative words here. Politics and Prose and Kramers are of the few that have endured. Borders (although not independent), Olsens, Books a Million...bit the dust.

I doubt this is about rent. B&N closed it's DC stores already:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/10/09/d-c-barnes-noble-closing-leaving-no-more-big-bookstores-in-the-city/?utm_term=.f8528c325cd5

[Anonymous]

I might be one of the few customers they still have. Before chemo every two weeks, I walk in and buy a new book. I'll miss this store, a lot. I don't know what will go into that space, but after falling in love with it all over again during chemo, nothing will ever take its place in my heart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That would be a great space for a yoga studio complex. I hope someone is thinking of this.

Way too many yoga places in Bethesda already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I might be one of the few customers they still have. Before chemo every two weeks, I walk in and buy a new book. I'll miss this store, a lot. I don't know what will go into that space, but after falling in love with it all over again during chemo, nothing will ever take its place in my heart.

Chemo is rough. Hope you are doing well.

[Anonymous]

Sad news! I met my husband there at BN.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This had been in the works for years they have been on life support there. People go there to sit and read or browse after getting a Starbucks. They need to move inventory and that doesn't happen from people sitting around as if it is a small mom and pop stores.

True, but some of us go there to browse, buy an item or two, then go to lunch with the kids. Now I might as well drive somewhere else with easier parking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That would be a great space for a yoga studio complex. I hope someone is thinking of this.

Way too many yoga places in Bethesda already.

Whatevs.... you can never have too many yoga studios

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This had been in the works for years they have been on life support there. People go there to sit and read or browse after getting a Starbucks. They need to move inventory and that doesn't happen from people sitting around as if it is a small mom and pop stores.

True, but some of us go there to browse, buy an item or two, then go to lunch with the kids. Now I might as well drive somewhere else with easier parking.

I do think it drives a lot of foot traffic that helps make Bethesda ave so lively

[Anonymous]

MoCo boasts one of the most highly educated populations in the country ... and yet, we're going to have no bookstores. Mortifying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MoCo boasts one of the most highly educated populations in the country ... and yet, we're going to have no bookstores. Mortifying.

There is a Barnes and Nobles in Rockville.