Leigh Altshuler opened Sweet Pickle Books during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: Abigail Gruskin On The Lower East Side, You Can Trade Books For Pickles When Leigh Altshuler and I first spoke on the phone, it sounded like chaos had erupted over at Sweet Pickle Books, her Lower... News 09 Dec 2022 | 11:21
Outside of Unoppressive Non-Imperialist Bargain Books on Carmine Street. Photo: Maya Olson A Beloved Bookstore Bids Farewell Unoppressive Non-Imperialist Bargain Books and its owner, Jim Drougas, have become staples of Carmine Street over the last... News 24 Jun 2022 | 01:27
Pop-up display in former Bank Street Bookstore window. Photo courtesy of New Vessel Press New Vessel Press Hosts Pop-up Display in Former Home of Bank Street Bookstore In April, New Vessel Press — an Upper West Side independent publishing house founded in 2012 and dedicated to literature... News 30 Apr 2021 | 12:02
Exterior on Lexington Ave. Photo courtesy of Kitchen Arts & Letters Famous Bookstore Fighting to Stay Alive A staple on the Upper East Side for nearly 40 years, Kitchen Arts & Letters, like many other businesses, has struggled to... News 05 Oct 2020 | 11:23
Owner Nancy Bass Wyden in front of the new store. The Strand opened their first Upper West Side location on Wednesday, July 15, despite a three-month delay due to COVID-19. ( Photo: Lindsey Novakovic) 18 More Miles of Books On April 3 of this year, Nancy Bass Wyden, owner of the Strand, had planned to open the bookstore’s new location on the Upper... News 15 Jul 2020 | 04:35
Books of Wonder launched in September 1980. ( Photo: Jason Cohen) Books of Wonder to Relocate A fixture in Chelsea for nearly four decades, Books of Wonder plans to relocate when its 15-year lease at 18 West 18th Street... News 11 Nov 2019 | 01:16
