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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i think the sadness over BN closing is emblematic of a larger issue:  we as a community value quality public spaces but they are few and far between.  Rise up folks!  Civic spaces are the heart of a community.  Places where people gather to read, drink coffee, meet others.  Libraries, community centers, arts space.  How valuable would that be in a place like downtown Bethesda.  That's what BN is to a lot of folks.[/quote]

Yeah, but BN needs to turn a profit.  Too many people have treated it like a library.  It can't be a "third place" like the places you've mentioned above when it's a business.  I used to work at Olsson's (which a PP mentioned) and when we announced we were closing people kept saying to us "I'm so sad Olsson's is closing... I love it here!"  I felt like saying, "Yeah, I know.  You come in every day, buy a coffee from the connected coffee shop which BTW is a separate business, and then peruse the place and scribble in your Moleskine notebook about the titles you're interested in.  And then you go buy them from Amazon. That's why we're closing."  But I didn't.  I kept my mouth shut and smiled.[/quote]

+1 I'll miss B&N too. But I went there a lot on my maternity leave and was struck at how empty it is was at practically every hour of the day.  And how $$ the books were--a book that cost 5$ on Amazon was marketed at full price at B&N for 15$.  That's just not a sustainable model for a high rent area.[/quote]

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