Barnes and Noble Bethesda Avenue Closing end of 2017

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's sad that EVERYTHING has to be about turning a profit.

That something isn't worth having around unless someone somewhere is making a buck on it.

Sick.

Yes, it is sick. But it's the reality of this country. I don't agree with it either. It's only getting worse, I fear. The almighty dollar is the only thing that has worth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard a Nike store might replace it

The Nike Store that replaced the Barnes and Noble in Geoergetown closed pretty quickly.

[Anonymous]

I think it would be a fantastic location for a job corps / life skills training center.

It could be a facility that disadvantaged youth could go to easily (red line) and learn food service industry work and life skills. Then they could get jobs at all the local restaurants.

This would be amazingly successful. These kids could see that there's better options than the places they come from, they can spend time in a safe place like Bethesda, they could learn job skills, and get jobs right there in the area.

This would be a huge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it would be a fantastic location for a job corps / life skills training center.

It could be a facility that disadvantaged youth could go to easily (red line) and learn food service industry work and life skills. Then they could get jobs at all the local restaurants.

This would be amazingly successful. These kids could see that there's better options than the places they come from, they can spend time in a safe place like Bethesda, they could learn job skills, and get jobs right there in the area.

This would be a huge.

And who is going to pay the rent on that? If Federal Realty is charging too much for Barnes and Noble, how would any civic minded group pay those kinds of rent?

[Anonymous]

I'm sure the job corps program has a budget for stuff like that. Or a federal grant of some kind.

Or the property owners could offer it up as a tax offset for other stuff. There's always a way.

If nothing else, I'd be fine with the county eminent domain'ing it and taking it that way, if no other deal could be worked out.

[Anonymous]

It sounds like the county should put a library in that area, if so many people want to sit and read books.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard a Nike store might replace it

The Nike Store that replaced the Barnes and Noble in Geoergetown closed pretty quickly.

Is Nike in gtown closed ? Are you sure ? Or are you just making stuff up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It sounds like the county should put a library in that area, if so many people want to sit and read books.

There's a library 3 blocks away on Arlington Rd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

When two of your three examples of dying independent bookstores are actually chains, you kind of lose the argument. Olsens I've never heard of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

When two of your three examples of dying independent bookstores are actually chains, you kind of lose the argument. Olsens I've never heard of.

Are you new here? Olsson's was a DC institution for about 30 years. They closed in 2008.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

When two of your three examples of dying independent bookstores are actually chains, you kind of lose the argument. Olsens I've never heard of.

Are you new here? Olsson's was a DC institution for about 30 years. They closed in 2008.

Sort of. I moved here in 2003. But I've spent a fortune at Kramerbooks and now at East City Book Shop!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

When two of your three examples of dying independent bookstores are actually chains, you kind of lose the argument. Olsens I've never heard of.

Are you new here? Olsson's was a DC institution for about 30 years. They closed in 2008.

Sort of. I moved here in 2003. But I've spent a fortune at Kramerbooks and now at East City Book Shop!

Olsson's had stores in Georgetown, Dupont, Bethesda, Courthouse, Old Town, and one in Penn Quarter that held no small part in the revitalization of that area. The landlords raised the rent and the space stood empty for YEARS. Finally China Chilcano moved in, which would make sense, given that Jaleo is right next door.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

Rockville isn't really Montgomery County.

Goes to show how educated this area is when they don't know anything outside of the little bubble they live in. Do tell, which county is Rockville in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's sad that EVERYTHING has to be about turning a profit.

That something isn't worth having around unless someone somewhere is making a buck on it.

Sick.

oh get over yourself! I am guessing you don't have a 401K, or any kind of investment? if you do, you are a giant hypocrite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Rockville isn't really Montgomery County.

Goes to show how educated this area is when they don't know anything outside of the little bubble they live in. Do tell, which county is Rockville in?

This person actually answered this question further up the thread.

They basically said that "Montgomery County" is "Bethesda, Chevy Chase, and Potomac", lolz

When you're dealing with an affluent bubble mentality, reality bounces off it like it's a trampoline