We've been waiting for the online listing to appear to get a better idea of what's being offered here. So far, we haven't spotted the space among JLL's New York retail listings.
The Bean closed this location in May after nearly nine years in business. The cafe opened here in September 2017, taking over the space that St. Mark's Bookshop previously occupied.
Given the size and visibility of the storefront at this prime Third Avenue-Stuyvesant Street corner, we're curious to see what might be next...
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I'm surprised that it's been vacant this long. It's a big space. Very popular with students, locals and tourists. It would make a great coffee house... better run than the Bean.... of course.
If NYU prioritized books and learning and intellectual life, rather than maximizing revenue from their (primary) real estate business, they would have kept the bookstore there--was a valuable community resource and viable business.
The bookstore was wonderful
It's a Cooper Union dorm, nothing to do with NYU - but a bookstore would be great again!
(I still miss Kammenstein's! Grieve, or any old-timer readers: Does anyone have any pix from that memorable and venerable hardware store from back in the day? I've tried but never found anything in the wilds of the internet...)
Kammenstein Brothers was a great hardware store! Two floors. Sorry, no pictures
I'm still not over that St. Marks Bookstore is no longer there. WHAT A CRIME TO THE EAST VILLAGE (and humanity at large 💔💔💔)
That is one sad area right now on that block.
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