Former area in New York City
Book Row was a district inNew York City from the 1890s to the 1960s composed of sixcity blocks which, at its peak, contained over three dozenbookstores .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] used bookstores .[ 4] Fourth Avenue betweenUnion Square andAstor Place .[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
By the 1960s, skyrocketing rents had forced most of the bookstores to move or close.[ 9] [ 10] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 12] Strand Bookstore , which moved away in 1957 due to major rent increases.[ 4] [ 14]
^ "Book Row Is Gone, But Used Bookshops Aren't" .The New York Times ISSN 0362-4331 . RetrievedMarch 2, 2018 .^ Nilsson, Jeff (April 23, 2011)."The Bibliomaniacs of Book Row" .The Saturday Evening Post . RetrievedJune 25, 2019 . ^ Fishbein, Rebecca (June 8, 2017)."A Brief History Of The Strand, As The Legendary Bookstore Turns 90" .Gothamist the original on March 6, 2019. RetrievedJune 25, 2019 . ^a b Geier, Stephanie (August 26, 2015)."4th Avenue: The History of NYC's Lost "Book Row" .Untapped Cities . RetrievedMarch 2, 2018 . ^ Conroy, J. Oliver (March 4, 2019)."Why are New York's bookstores disappearing?" .The Guardian . RetrievedJune 25, 2019 . ^ Hauser, Micah (February 25, 2019)."Is the Strand a Landmark?" .The New Yorker . RetrievedJune 25, 2019 . ^ "Booksellers' Row, New York" .The Publishers' Weekly ^ "Pay Cut Starts City's 1st Strike In a Book Store".New York Herald Tribune ^ McDade, p. 179. ^a b Phillips, McCandlish (September 30, 1969)."Dealers on Book Row Fear Rent Rises Will End an Era" .The New York Times . RetrievedJune 25, 2019 .^ Nielsen, John (May 31, 1981)."Old Bookstores: A Chapter Ends" .The New York Times . RetrievedJune 25, 2019 . ^a b Shepard, Richard F. (April 27, 1984)."Survivors of Book Row" .The New York Times . RetrievedJune 25, 2019 . ^ Shepard, Richard F. (May 9, 1989)."Vestige of Book Row: Ex-Owner on Sidewalk" .The New York Times . RetrievedJune 25, 2019 .Other booksellers grew old and vanished. ^ DeKok, Elizabeth (February 15, 2015)."The Strand and Book Row: A History" .Unpacking the Bookstore . RetrievedJune 25, 2019 .
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