J & R is gone. Pearl Paint is about to go.

[Addison D.]

"Clerks at the art supply store would not speak on the record, but said that they had been told to expect a round of layoffs next Thursday and that they had been told to sell everything in the store at 35 percent off."

J & R property is being re-developed as "an unprecedented retailing concept and social mecca.”, according to their PR team.

>deep sigh...<


Link to NYT

[Addison D.]

According to the Realtor, the Pearl Paint building...
..."Can be delivered vacant"

[SNAFU]

Pearl Paint has been a mere shadow of itself for the past decade and a half. Not the great Art Supply Store it was in the 70's when it was actually next door to it'd present location (Canal Jeans occupied the ground floor.

[Jane2]

Pearl Paint's interior always seems like it was about to collapse, especially in the stairways. As much as I hate seeing old New York classic places die, this building is better off going.

J&R - again, I hate to see it go, but I was never fond of the interior of the store. Great bargains though. I've gotten cameras there.

[Brian07663NJ]

On 6:30am NBC News this morning the announcement was that J&R was closing to do renovations...not close entirely/perm.

[Gothampc]

Got to make way for those Chik-fil-A restaurants.

[PalJoey]

Add the Rizzoli bookstore to that list.





Rizzoli Bookstore Building Determined Ineligible For Interior Landmark Protection, Despite Pleas From Thousands

[themysteriousgrowl]

These places are all toast.

[SNAFU]

J&R is closing for renovations. I think they have been getting their butts kicked by B&H Photo for the past 10 years. That is a LOT of real estate to pay for if your sales aren't up there.

[Gothampc]

The Rizzoli loss is sad. That was a nice store.

[wexy]

Once J+R closed all their stores and moved into one tower,it was not a good sign.

[Gothampc]

"J&R is closing for renovations. I think they have been getting their butts kicked by B&H Photo for the past 10 years."

Their music store took a beating when ipods became popular. And their electronics store always had competition from the likes of Sam Goody and later Best Buy. Plus 9/11 didn't do their business any favors.

[CarlosAlberto]

J & R 's m music and DVD departments are gone. Last year I purchased the DVD's of "Sweet Charity" and "Flower Drum Song" for $5 each because neither are available on blu-ray or as digital downloads.

[~~tiny3~~]

CONWAYs, 34th st is shuttered! What? Now I'm beginning to hate NY. Stop with the exorbitant rents and redevelopment already. Where am I going to buy my 2.99 summer t-shirts?

[SNAFU]

Sadly NYC has been becoming one large strip mall. Where there were mom an Pop pharmacies now stand Duane Reades, a family restaurant, an Olive Garden. Gone are the diverse neighborhoods.

[jacob jackson]

So sad that another piece of what made NY great being chipped away. Now it's getting really difficult to buy art supplies without ordering them online these days. I think now the best alternative would be shopping online at Jerrysartarama.com as they offer better deals and prices along with affordable shipping rates. Any other recommendations?

[Jane2]

I go to Blick's . there are four locations in the city. Or, I can go to NY Central on 3rd and 11th. Lee's also. And Michael's, on 99th and Columbus, has tons of art supplies. Plenty of choices in the city.