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NYC's Village Chess Shop closes its doors

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 3:04 pm
by Jeremy Bernstein
http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.de/201 ... -shop.html

I was just there a few weeks ago and actually thought 'this is not a viable retail environment' -- lots of dudes hanging out and playing chess, but nothing obvious to buy, and no one obviously doing the selling. I was kind of disappointed, since I was looking for a chess set...

jb

Re: NYC's Village Chess Shop closes its doors

Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 3:16 pm
by Nex
Jeremy Bernstein wrote:http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.de/201 ... -shop.html

I was just there a few weeks ago and actually thought 'this is not a viable retail environment' -- lots of dudes hanging out and playing chess, but nothing obvious to buy, and no one obviously doing the selling. I was kind of disappointed, since I was looking for a chess set...

jb
Always sad when this kind of thing happens. :cry: