Monday, July 18, 2011

Borders is liquidating; closing its remaining 399 stores

The end of Borders.  Yeah, not much to do with Mount Rainier, but it's still sad. I love a bookstore, even a corporate chain, and for a chain Borders was pretty good: deep, quality inventory and knowledgeable, helpful staff.

Most important thing is that 11,000 or so people will be thrown out of work, perhaps as soon as this Friday.  But on a personal basis, Borders' closing marks the passing of another chapter in my life.  It was a vivid part of raising our children.  Many Sundays we'd drive over to the Woodside Deli for dinner, and then over to the Borders in White Flint (Silver Spring had yet to be revitalized) where my son and daughter would get to make their own choices with their Christmas/Birthday/or-just-because Borders cards.  It innoculated them with the habit of buying books, which they later transferred to Vertigo Books in College Park, another victim of change.

Sigh.

1 comment:

  1. Are there any good bookstores in PG county? I'd love to know about them.

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