Saturday, January 03, 2015

A Sad Loss




CLOSED:  December 31, 2014
DISMANTLED: January 3, 2015
REPLACEMENT: Target

No-one wants Target in Highland Village!  It is cheapening our neighborhood!!
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24 comments:

  1. TexWisGirl9:23 AM

    awww.

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  2. William Kendall9:26 AM

    The loss of a book store in favour of a black hole like Target is a shame. We have Target up here now... lousy selection, barely stocked shelves, prices that really don't compete. They're a blight.

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  3. Judy9:36 AM

    Ours closed years ago.

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  4. PerthDailyPhoto11:10 AM

    Noooo! Don't you just wonder about the world these days Kate, it's all about money!

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  5. Julie2:30 PM

    This would most likely have been a franchise. It is not about the shop-keepers. It is about the customers. People whose only consideration is cheapness are turning our world on its head. I buy both ways: online, and in person. There is no substitue for flicking the pages, and burying one's nose in a newly minted book.

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  6. Julie2:32 PM

    Target and K-Mart will open where they think there is custom. So they are not cheapening your neighbourhood. Your residents are, by shopping with price as their overwhelming criterion..

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  7. biebkriebels5:00 PM

    This is awful, what ia a world without a bookstore. Unfortunately , it is the same here.

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  8. Kay7:55 PM

    Insert unhappy face.

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  9. Randy9:09 PM

    I heard somewhere that B&N will have to close stores soon if things didn't change. That's too bad, but I do like Target.

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  10. Janey and Co.6:03 AM

    Oh my. makes me want to support my local bookstore by going to buy a book.

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  11. Tamera10:04 AM

    I agree with Janey and Co.

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  12. Lowell10:09 AM

    It's pretty hard for B&N to compete with Amazon, although the stores in Ocala and The Villages seem to be doing very well.

    Target has gone downhill, I think. We rarely shop there anymore.

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  13. Sharon11:41 AM

    I've seen a few of these sad buildings here too. In fact, I'm not sure where I'd go to find a real book store these days.

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  14. Gunn11:51 AM

    Sad! :-(

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  15. Birdman1:08 PM

    #@&^ you Amazons and other online book sellers! My feeling.

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  16. EG CameraGirl1:46 PM

    YUCK! I love visiting a bookstore looking for something great to read. Very sad indeed.

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  17. Jack10:11 PM

    That is too bad. I probably miss the closed independent bookstores a lot more than the loss of a Barnes & Noble, but losing any kind of bookstore is sad. Target? I don't have anything against them. I shop there from time to time. The March of "Progress."

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  18. Janey and Co.10:35 AM

    It was nice to see you today. Stay in so you do not have a relapse. I feel sure that you got a flu shot? Guess it is not the best time to brag about our son in law...Head of the CDC Influenza Dept......

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  19. Heather1:47 PM

    Always sad to lose a bookstore. :-(

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  20. Tanya Breese6:26 AM

    very sad indeed, and for a target, yuck!

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  21. Jim Klenke9:32 PM

    I was just talking to someone the other day about bookstores that are no longer in business. I guess B&N is lucky this is just one location, unlucky for you. I can remember B. Dalton, Borders, Waldenbooks.

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  22. Pat1:17 AM

    No matter who replaces them, it's so sad to see bookstores close. The way of the world, I am afraid.

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  23. Cynthia10:01 AM

    Ugh! You have my sympathy. The only thing worse would be a Walmart.

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  24. Kathy5:30 PM

    Take it easy when venturing out and don't overdo it. Many of us would be unhappy to be without your blog and photos.

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