If you missed the last day at St. Mark’s Bookshop this past weekend, rest assured you’ll have one more chance to shop for $2 books. “While our official last day of business was last Sunday, we still have some inventory left and access to the store,” the bookshop announced to its newsletter subscribers. That means it’ll be having an “epilogue sale” from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday, during which all books and magazines will be $2 and anything under $2 will be half-off.
There was an outpouring of Facebook comments when the bookshop announced its closing last week. Below, yet more grief via Twitter.
Looking forward to shopping at “St Mark’s Bookshop” at Newark Airport Terminal C in a few years. https://t.co/YSYoVEFUlZ
— brett g porter (@bgporter) February 25, 2016
This was a great place. But you gotta adjust when the times are a-changin’! “What Went Wrong at St. Mark’s Bookshop” https://t.co/giFO793ba9
— Pito Salas (@pitosalas) February 19, 2016
St. Mark’s Bookshop is closing, for real this time. I never thought the East Village I knew would be something that’d disappear so quickly
— Trevor Wilson (@rchickens) February 25, 2016
My Dad is sad about St. Mark’s Bookshop too https://t.co/q9MGlvBVna
— kate wadkins (@kwadkins) February 26, 2016
Why couldn’t they have waited a few more months #ilovenewyork 🙁 So long, St. Mark’s: Iconic NYC bookshop closing https://t.co/WIHHLWcWoj
— Jennifer Juneau (@JenniferJuneau1) February 25, 2016
St. Mark’s Bookshop provided solace and discovery many nights when I needed to step inside from the hellbent city.
— Pitchaya (@pitchaya) February 25, 2016
So sad to read this!! St Marks bookshop is one of those rare places where books and ideas feel alive.
— The Plath Diaries (@theplathdiaries) February 25, 2016
Chatted to the cool bookseller& then walked up St Marks Place, along the street where Trotsky once lived, where Jeff Buckley was discovered+
— The Plath Diaries (@theplathdiaries) February 25, 2016
The remnants of all the NYC art and music movements from the past still tangible in the air. I went to Cafe Pick Me Up on Ave A to read+
— The Plath Diaries (@theplathdiaries) February 25, 2016
That’s what places like St Marks bookshop do for a wide eyed young fool. What a shame to see it closed, probably replaced by Starbucks 🙁
— The Plath Diaries (@theplathdiaries) February 25, 2016