No matter what Amazon does, there are consequences: proposed Queens HQ is canceled
Announced Thursday afternoon, Amazon has decided it will not open a campus in Long Island City, Queens. Not now, not ever. Many see this as a direct win for the grassroots organizing done by labor activists, unions,… Read more »
A literary architect is erecting a swanky library In Queens
I jog a route from Greenpoint, Brooklyn, where I live, to Hunter’s Point, Queens, directly north. Hunter’s Point, the slim neighborhood wedged between Long Island City and the East River, is home to a… Read more »
Today in “well… shit”: Say goodbye (again) to the Bronx’s only Barnes & Noble
Two years ago, the only new bookstore in the Bronx was in danger of shutting down. The Barnes & Noble at Bay Plaza was set to close for the expected reason — rent increases outpacing the store’s… Read more »
Barnes & Noble takes penultimate step to exiting Queens
After twenty years, Barnes & Noble has officially closed their location in Forest Hills, Queens. Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska reports at DNAinfo: Patrons who came to visit the store in its final days said they… Read more »
Astoria Bookshop is selling Ta-Nehisi Coates’ book at cost to encourage people to read it
The building sense of urgency leading up to the publication of Between The World And Me, the second book by Ta-Nehisi Coates, was palpable. The decision by Spiegel & Grau to move… Read more »
Plans for an indie bookstore in Queens
As those of us at Melville House can attest, there’s a nice variety of independent bookstores here in Brooklyn, including (but by no means limited to) Book Court, WORD, Greenlight,… Read more »