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06-28-2009, 08:34 AM
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Still P***ed at Yoko
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Between the Moon and New York City
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Only in New Orleans: New Borders Bookstore in an Old Funeral Home
i noticed this the last time i was home and thought it looked cool, though i had forgotten that it used to be a funeral home:
Borders shoppers find life and death the book store aisles
I was having a conversation with an old friend this week about a book that is enjoying current popularity and she said to me: "I'll have to go to the funeral parlor and get a copy."
Now there's something you don't hear every day.
Then again, they don't put bookstores in funeral homes just anywhere. In fact, if you Google the phrase "bookstore in a funeral home," there's only one and that's the one in the former House of Bultman on St. Charles Avenue. Established 1883. Generations ago.
Now it's Borders.
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06-28-2009, 10:22 AM
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No Pity
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Location: Billings, MT
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We have a Mongolian Grill restaurant in what used to be a crematorium, I know people who have sworn to never eat there. 
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06-28-2009, 10:28 AM
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Fan From Day 1
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Won't be there long. Border's is going under. Mark my words.
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06-28-2009, 12:27 PM
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Still P***ed at Yoko
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Quote:
Originally Posted by batman3428
Won't be there long. Border's is going under. Mark my words.
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do you mean in NOLA, or nationally? 
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06-28-2009, 01:26 PM
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Patriotic Sin Pillows
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Redneck Riviera
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Allsome. Iffen I cood reed, I wood shorely git ma boocks their.
The best was Limelight in an old church in NYC.
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06-28-2009, 02:08 PM
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Do you have a pwobwem...?
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There is a Barnes and Noble at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore that is in the old power plant. Here's a pic of the outside:
The stacks still run all the way through the building and into the store, which you can see on the right side of the below picture. They cut entry ways into them so that customers can walk through them while shopping.
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06-28-2009, 02:15 PM
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Still P***ed at Yoko
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Quote:
Originally Posted by zatsnzapps
There is a Barnes and Noble at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore that is in the old power plant. Here's a pic of the outside:
The stacks still run all the way through the building and into the store, which you can see on the right side of the below picture. They cut entry ways into them so that customers can walk through them while shopping.
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that's pretty sweet... used to be that big-box bookstores were in regular buildings, but now it seems like a competition to see who can be the most unique-- not a bad thing.
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06-28-2009, 02:37 PM
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Is better than Matt Ryan.
Join Date: May 2006
Location: From Lakeview to Dallas
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In Chalmette they have a Funeral home where a Panchos used to be and a College Office where a funeral home used to be. I actually had to pay fees in the same room that my grandfathers wake was in. Kind of weird.
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06-28-2009, 02:59 PM
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Still P***ed at Yoko
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rickyjones
I actually had to pay fees in the same room that my grandfathers wake was in. Kind of weird.
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there's got to be a joke in there somewhere.
(not making light of your Paw-Paw's passing.)
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06-28-2009, 06:03 PM
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Rebel Alliance
Join Date: Sep 2001
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Blue Sky
there's got to be a joke in there somewhere.
(not making light of your Paw-Paw's passing.)
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I think the joke lies in this part:
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Originally Posted by rickyjones
In Chalmette they have a Funeral home where a Panchos used to be.
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06-28-2009, 06:04 PM
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Rebel Alliance
Join Date: Sep 2001
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Quote:
Originally Posted by batman3428
Won't be there long. Border's is going under. Mark my words.
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I heard the one on Veteran's is closing. Doesn't make sense to build a new one if they are closing an existing one.
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06-29-2009, 08:19 AM
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ALL-MADDEN TEAM
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Their a Barnes and Noble in some old movie theater in Houston it looks so dumb.
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06-29-2009, 08:48 AM
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Fan From Day 1
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Blue Sky
do you mean in NOLA, or nationally? |
Nationally
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06-29-2009, 09:27 AM
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Still P***ed at Yoko
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Quote:
Originally Posted by saintsfaninhos
Their a Barnes and Noble in some old movie theater in Houston it looks so dumb.
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do you mean the Bookstop (owned by B&N) on Shepherd & W. Alabama? that's funny, i live literally right behind it... i think it used to be 'Bookstar', but i just poked my head out my front door to double check and the sign on the back says Bookstop....
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06-29-2009, 03:12 PM
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Subscribing Member
Join Date: May 2002
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Blue Sky
i noticed this the last time i was home and thought it looked cool, though i had forgotten that it used to be a funeral home:
Borders shoppers find life and death the book store aisles
I was having a conversation with an old friend this week about a book that is enjoying current popularity and she said to me: "I'll have to go to the funeral parlor and get a copy."
Now there's something you don't hear every day.
Then again, they don't put bookstores in funeral homes just anywhere. In fact, if you Google the phrase "bookstore in a funeral home," there's only one and that's the one in the former House of Bultman on St. Charles Avenue. Established 1883. Generations ago.
Now it's Borders.
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http://www.nola.com/rose/index.ssf/2...versation.html |
IIRC, the house used to belong to the actress, Kitty Carlisle's, family before it was a funeral home.
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