Philadelphia may be keeping its Borders

[nancylebov]

PDF of which Borders stores are being closed.

I say "may be" because I have no idea of the long term effects of Borders' financial problems.

I'm a little surprised we're keeping it-- it's only about a mile from B&N, but maybe this just means that central Philly is a good place for big box bookstores.

Link thanks to fabricdragon.

Comments

[venturous]

thanks for the list. it's a bit stunning. Fortunately for me, and surprisingly my local store is spared: Waldorf MD, which is not much of a literary town, *g*. DC is losing both of its stores!

Borders has a special place in my heart. I lived in Ann Arbor and frequented the original store on State St. I always loved walking through it's signature wooden glass-paned doors. When I moved to VA years later and was lost and lonely I had this weird deja-vu of seeing those doors in a strip shopping center; I hadnt realized they'd become a chain. It felt like magic to have those doors appear there, and it gave me hope for my new life. (romanticize much?!)
glad you are getting to keep your store, at least for now.

[tod-hollykim.livejournal.com]

Of the two still there that I visited regularly here in NYC, one is going and the other is staying.

The third had been in the WTC.

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this; I'd been wondering about the local store (which is an easy walk from my house). It seems to be surviving the cut.

[chomiji]

They're closing the White Flint Borders (in Maryland)! That's the one that has the most manga!

>weeps<

I guess it also had the highest rent. The smaller Silver Spring store is apparently going to stay alive for now.

[madfilkentist]

The one in Nashua is closing, as I'd already heard last night from a Borders employee.

I just have to laugh and shake my head that the list of stores closing takes five pages of small print, and they call it "right-sizing" as if they're merely optimizing the number of stores. They'd probably call suicide "breath rate adjustment."

[terriwells.livejournal.com]

We're losing some that are relatively close to me...not just where I live, but where I visit regularly. Thanks; this is valuable information.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

My favorite DC store is closing. Guess I'll have to get used to looking elsewhere for my books.