{"id":2735,"date":"2011-01-07T10:32:08","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T17:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2011\/01\/no-more-books-stores-on-magnificent-mile\/"},"modified":"2011-01-11T19:12:08","modified_gmt":"2011-01-12T02:12:08","slug":"no-more-books-stores-on-magnificent-mile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/07\/no-more-books-stores-on-magnificent-mile\/","title":{"rendered":"No More Book Stores On Magnificent Mile"},"content":{"rendered":"

from The Chicago Tribune<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Closing of Borders on Mag Mile a sad chapter<\/h1>\n

January 07, 2011<\/span>|<\/span>By Mary Schmich<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>Heather Charles, Chicago Tribune<\/span><\/p>\n

By Saturday, Borders’ marquee Chicago store, at 830 N. Michigan Ave., will be closed for good. And \u2014 here’s what I think is the real news \u2014 the city’s premier shopping street will be without any bookstore for the first time in decades.<\/p>\n

By Thursday, the cavernous old Borders was more rummage sale than bookstore.<\/p>\n

Yellow tape, the kind ordinarily seen at crime scenes, cordoned off empty shelves, racks and tables that once bore the weight of millions of bound words. All fixtures were for sale.<\/p>\n

The shelves near the front door, once occupied by best-sellers, now flaunted such obscure titles as “El Asesor del Presidente,” a Spanish-language biography of former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.’<\/p>\n

Price: 5 cents. “While Supplies Last,” the sign said. No one was buying.<\/p>\n

[ click to read full article at The Chicago Tribune<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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