Gotham Book was always a traditionally small and cozy space. The very first location was a brownstone basement and Steloff would put books outside for customers to look at and to entice them inside. The inventory of that location involved into mostly theater and...
Laurence Roth | Oct 20, 2013
The First Space The original location of Gotham Book Mart, also referred to as GBM, was a small basement space on 128 West 45th Street near the theater district in New York City, New York. It was originally called Gotham Art and Book Mart. The space for the store...
Laurence Roth | Oct 20, 2013
I feel that bookstores have (and will continue to be) important places, beyond their role in just being able to be a place where one can go to buy books. They can be an important place of social discussion and change, but even past all that, they are a place...
Laurence Roth | Sep 29, 2013