Anonymous
Post 04/01/2017 15:59     Subject: Barnes and Noble Bethesda Avenue Closing end of 2017
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.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2017 14:17     Subject: Barnes and Noble Bethesda Avenue Closing end of 2017
Anonymous wrote:It should be an art space and farmers market.

Artists could rent little booths or whatever upstairs , and sell their wares. Maybe a bigger space for performance art, or maybe yoga.

The other parts downstairs would be a nice space for a farmers market. Or for yoga.

An animal shelter could be a good thing, too. Lots of foot traffic, lots of potential adoptees for rescue animals.



I would like this but as a whole it would never turn a profit. It would have to be heavily subsidized.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2017 13:57     Subject: Barnes and Noble Bethesda Avenue Closing end of 2017
It should be an art space and farmers market.

Artists could rent little booths or whatever upstairs , and sell their wares. Maybe a bigger space for performance art, or maybe yoga.

The other parts downstairs would be a nice space for a farmers market. Or for yoga.

An animal shelter could be a good thing, too. Lots of foot traffic, lots of potential adoptees for rescue animals.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2017 13:52     Subject: Re:Barnes and Noble Bethesda Avenue Closing end of 2017
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My husband suggested a Target when I wondered what would be big enough to pay the rent. Then maybe it could move that ridiculous store out of the Trader Joes center on Wisconsin. Or maybe a Wegmans or a high-end food court like those hipster places down on H street. A yoga studio would never be able to pay the rent. Somebody on Bethesda Beat suggested putting the library there and then demolishing the old library building for green space which could link up with the nearby park. I think that would be a good idea too.


a supermarket with a yoga studio on top would make Bethesda row hipper like Cathedral Commons in NW DC.


Yes, Cathedral Commons is so hip.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2017 13:50     Subject: Barnes and Noble Bethesda Avenue Closing end of 2017
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.



I just checked a map, and Rockville is almost directly in the middle of Montgomery County


But Rockville has more in common with Germantown and Poolesville than Chevy, Chase, Bethesda and Potomac.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2017 13:49     Subject: Barnes and Noble Bethesda Avenue Closing end of 2017
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Federal Realty will probably subdivide the space for some more large corporate concept restaurants to come in.



Because that's exactly what Bethesda needs - more F'ing restaurants.


I heard that the owners of Silver are looking at the space for a new, trendy upscale eatery concept. Should enhance the lively streetscape and add buzz to Bethesda Row!
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2017 13:48     Subject: Barnes and Noble Bethesda Avenue Closing end of 2017
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.



I just checked a map, and Rockville is almost directly in the middle of Montgomery County
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2017 13:46     Subject: Barnes and Noble Bethesda Avenue Closing end of 2017
Anonymous wrote:Federal Realty will probably subdivide the space for some more large corporate concept restaurants to come in.



Because that's exactly what Bethesda needs - more F'ing restaurants.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2017 13:42     Subject: Barnes and Noble Bethesda Avenue Closing end of 2017
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.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2017 13:41     Subject: Barnes and Noble Bethesda Avenue Closing end of 2017
Anonymous wrote:That would be a great space for a yoga studio complex. I hope someone is thinking of this.


Is this a troll's parody?
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2017 13:39     Subject: Barnes and Noble Bethesda Avenue Closing end of 2017
Federal Realty will probably subdivide the space for some more large corporate concept restaurants to come in.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2017 13:37     Subject: Re:Barnes and Noble Bethesda Avenue Closing end of 2017
Anonymous wrote:My husband suggested a Target when I wondered what would be big enough to pay the rent. Then maybe it could move that ridiculous store out of the Trader Joes center on Wisconsin. Or maybe a Wegmans or a high-end food court like those hipster places down on H street. A yoga studio would never be able to pay the rent. Somebody on Bethesda Beat suggested putting the library there and then demolishing the old library building for green space which could link up with the nearby park. I think that would be a good idea too.


a supermarket with a yoga studio on top would make Bethesda row hipper like Cathedral Commons in NW DC.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2017 13:35     Subject: Barnes and Noble Bethesda Avenue Closing end of 2017
Anonymous wrote:Not surprising, rumors have been flying around for years, what do you think will replace it?

http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2017/Barnes-Noble-To-Close-on-Bethesda-Row/


a Wegmans??!!!
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2017 13:31     Subject: Barnes and Noble Bethesda Avenue Closing end of 2017
change.org petition to keep it--

https://www.change.org/p/federal-realty-keep-barnes-and-noble-in-downtown-bethesda?recruiter=310557&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=share_page&utm_term=mob-xs-share_petition-no_msg

It seems very short sighted not to treat B&N essentially as a loss leader for the rest of Bethesda Row. Without it you basically have that weird stretch of Wisconsin Ave in Friendship Heights--a bunch of high end stores that people don't actually visit that much.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2017 13:27     Subject: Barnes and Noble Bethesda Avenue Closing end of 2017
Anonymous wrote:The reason Kramerbooks at Dupont survives is because there's no place to sit down and pretend you're in the library. And that's a good thing.



Very good observation, indeed.