Cellophane Square goes down

[randy_byers]

Local music store Cellophane Square is apparently going out of business. I remember when they started out (at least to the best of my knowledge) in the space that is now a Taco del Mar on NE 42nd St. I've bought a lot of used DVDs from them in the past couple of years. Feels like a real institution is gone.

Comments

[wrdnrd]

This is just plain awful. I don't shop there a lot, but that's because i just don't buy music at 37 the way i did at 27. Still, i stopped in there every few weeks, and just last month i went in looking for 1 CD and came out with 3. How sad the landlord wasn't willing to work with them. There's really not anywhere left in the U-District to buy new CDs, which, yes, i occasionally actually want to do.

Sigh.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the unwillingness of the landlord to bargain is kind of a WTF, although it's hard to say without details. But who do they think is going to replace them in this economic climate? I liked the joke in comments about how maybe it would become a bubble tea place. Or teriyaki!

[wrdnrd]

I often worry that if i stand still on The Ave too long i'll turn into a bubble tea place!