Morningside Books Goes Under
A sign posted in the window of Morningside Books this morning informs many a sad, staring pedestrian that their beloved local bookstore will be closing in June. As in, next month.
If you take the time to read the announcement sign in the window, it will tear your heart out. There is no way to prepare yourself for the sweet, forlorn, and perfectly phrased lament of a quirky little corner bookstore. “We wanted to be the little bookstore that could,” the sign reads. “We couldn’t.”
In the end, the sign informs us, “it’s about money – we never had enough.” At least the management thanks not only the neighborhood but Columbia as well, so we can all feel a little less guilty about every purchase we ever made at the Columbia Bookstore or at Book Culture.
What will we do without Morningside Books? Where else could you be sure to find a reasonably priced Aeneid only thirty seconds’ walk from your LitHum class? Where will you find the newest addition to your “Books to read for fun, eventually” collection? And where, where, oh where, will we buy our vintage anti-Bush paraphernalia?
Here’s to you, Morningside Books. The last surviving truly independent neighborhood bookstore will be sorely missed.
Tags: ch-ch-ch-changes, morningside books, sadness
6 May 2009 @ 7:36 AM · 29 comments
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this makes me want to cry
…anyway to make Clem H. realize that I am the beef to his burrito
put in another Ricky’s?
awful! Columbia should save it.
do you know what “literally” means? you mean the news figuratively tears your heart out, and the fact that you said “quite” just makes it harder to deal with this. you shouldn’t emphasize the magnitude of the mistake you’re making. FYL
Brendon Barnes I love you.
BARNES? BARNES & NOBLE PROPAGANGA?
Has anyone actually ever been to this bookstore? I once made the mistake of buying a used-looking book here. The cover was dirty and some of the pages were dog-eared. They charged me the full-cover price! I couldn’t believe it. When I tried to protest, the clerk went on rant about how no one is willing to pay (ridiculous prices) for books any more.
DOG EARED PAGES IN A USED BOOK???
go to hell, now.
used-looking. charged full-price.
Yes, read #10 before you rant (even if your rant is in response to another rant).
Now we can get a 2nd Chipotle!!
Let the debate over whether we should get a Five Guys, Chick Fil A, or a Taco Bell begin.
five guys
Chik-fil-A
went out of business becuase they are a bunch of fucking commies! It was only a matter of time.
It would be fucking badass to literally tear your own heart out at the news of your favorite bookstore closing.
Pinnacle South, PLZ.
they were assholes anyway.
on to more important things: jamba juice? yes?
They say they were closing up last year, too?
i hope no one moves in. that’s what morningside heights really needs – a squatter’s den.
Taco Bell
who’s going to sell me my rabid liberalism now?! CMON OREN’S STEP YA GAME UP
Maybe now they’d prefer someone who looks out for small businesses.
I think Empanado Joes should reopen here. I think the only reason they failed the first time was location … cuz there food was da shit
this is so sad…
if i see another damned ricky’s/american apparel-esque take its place, I WILL SCREAM
aren’t these the guys that had the in-your-face sign 01.20.09?
so apparently they couldn’t last four months into the new hope and change administration? hahaha…
they were not very nice to me, the customer. so, good riddance!
what their business model was. get expensive retail space to sell the same shit as the people with tables on the sidewalk across the street?