Thursday, January 25, 2018

Last call for JAM Paper & Envelope on 3rd Avenue



Saturday is the last day in business for JAM Paper & Envelope on Third Avenue between 14th Street and 15th Street. (One of the owners said that the sale was going well, and they decided to extend it for a few more days.)

"Store is closing" signs appeared in the windows in early January.

Per the JAM Paper website on Jan. 15:

After nearly a quarter of a century in the East Village of New York City, JAM Paper and Envelope’s last remaining brick and mortar location on Third Avenue between 14th and 15th Street, will be closing this month. Before you hit the panic button, business will continue as normal via its e-commerce website: www.jampaper.com

There are several jokey signs up in the windows...



...and this one...



So my wife of 40 years says... Honey (I know I'm in trouble when I'm honey...) no one shops retail anymore.

That's why we are online. Fine I say!

She then says... Now can we go to Florida.

EVG reader Harry Weiner shared these photos from Tuesday...





JAM represents the first letters of the owners' first names — Janet, Andrew and Michael Jacobs, the family members who run the company.

The website notes that JAM has had over 10 different Manhattan locations. Their New Jersey warehouse remains in operation.

Previously on EV Grieve:
JAM Paper & Envelope is closing on 3rd Avenue
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2018 at 8:38 AM

    I am actually going to miss this place. It was my go-to place for stationery.

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  2. CosmoJanuary 25, 2018 at 12:24 PM

    For those with stationery needs, I recommend the stationery shop on Ave A & 3rd St. They have everything, including socks.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2018 at 3:57 PM

    Closing after closing. Nothing can manage to survive here.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2018 at 6:00 PM

    After reading the comments on Yelp about people ordering from JAM paper & experiencing some seriously unpleasant interactions, I'm not sure this closing is much of a loss.

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  5. Scuba DivaJanuary 27, 2018 at 3:12 AM

    Cosmo said:

    For those with stationery needs, I recommend the stationery shop on Ave A & 3rd St. They have everything, including socks.

    I totally love these guys; I always go there for my printer cartridges. They do have everything, too—although I recall even seeing motor oil at the late, lamented SOK's—formerly S.Y.P.—deli-grocery on 7th and A.

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  6. raplhyJanuary 27, 2018 at 9:41 AM

    That sucks ... I would send people there if I didn’t have a specialty paper they needed

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