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Made-To-Measure Menswear Shop Opens In Former BookCourt Space

COBBLE HILL – Custom menswear shop Indochino [https://www.indochino.com/] opened on Friday, January 18, in the Court Street storefront previously occupied by BookCourt for 35 years [/after-35-years-cobble-hills-cherished-bookcourt-to-close-author-emma-straub-announces-possible-neighborhood-replacement/] . Indochino, 161 Court Street, between Pacific & Dean Streets (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)The storefront at 161 Court Street (between Dean and

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The Magic Is Back For Book Lovers

Books Are Magic, 225 Smith Street (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Book lovers were dealt a blow late last year when the beloved BookCourt closed up shop [/after-35-years-cobble-hills-cherished-bookcourt-to-close-author-emma-straub-announces-possible-neighborhood-replacement/] after 35 years. And then—poof! As if appearing out of thin air, Books Are Magic [https://www.booksaremagic.net/] arrives to

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Book Lovers Rejoice: The Magic Is Coming

Photo by booksaremagicbk via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQjFx_ABXIR/]Brooklyn bookworms have been waiting patiently for the arrival of Emma Straub [https://www.facebook.com/emmastraubwriter/]‘s Books Are Magic [https://www.booksaremagic.net/] bookstore to Cobble Hill. Filling the indie bookstore void, the Brooklyn-based author Straub

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The Magic Is Real: New Indie Bookstore To Open In Cobble Hill

(Photo via booksaremagic/instagram [https://www.instagram.com/booksaremagicbk/]) After losing the beloved, 35-year-old BookCourt in December [/after-35-years-cobble-hills-cherished-bookcourt-to-close-author-emma-straub-announces-possible-neighborhood-replacement/] , Cobble Hill readers can now look forward to springtime. “Books Are Magic” a new bookstore by Brooklyn-based author Emma Straub [/emma-straub-modern-love-ditmas-park-ditmas-park/], announced its official lease signing on Instagram ye

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Shuttering BookCourt Space Sold For $13.6 Million; One Developer In Deal Terminated Leases Of Gowanus Artist Studios

Image via BookCourt/ Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bookcourt/photos/a.10150697384896048.389027.11680301047/10152831557866048/?type=3&theater]> ‘Then I celebrated my Wall of Books. I counted the volumes on my twenty-foot-long modernist bookshelf to make sure none had been misplaced or used as kindling by my subtenant.

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After 35 Years, Cobble Hill’s Cherished BookCourt To Close; Author Emma Straub Announces Possible Neighborhood Replacement

Image via Shinya Suzuki / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/shinyasuzuki/17867297140]The independent bookstore institution BookCourt [http://www.bookcourt.com/] will be closing its doors at the end of this month. BookCourt owners Mary Gannett and Henry Zook released a statement this morning, writing that “after 35 years of

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Check Out Literary Award-Nominated Books And Authors In Our Neighborhood

Photo via BPL / Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BCsgxd4LgSt/?taken-by=bklynlibrary]Finally, a summer reading list that revolves around ‘the most literary borough’, featuring books that are not only fun to read but can teach us more about the place we call home. Last week, the Brooklyn Public Library

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Laugh Till You Cry With Emily Flake’s New Book ‘Mama Tried’

Emily Flake (Photo by John Pastore)When we discovered that I was pregnant, after five long years of fertility issues, I envisioned all the magical parenting moments that were no doubt headed our way. Gummy smiles, coos, peaceful walks through Prospect Park, and the overwhelming joy that comes when that

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Neighbor Adam Sternbergh On His Newest Spademan Novel, Why Ditmas Park Would Be Just Fine After A Dirty Bomb & Dreaming Of Opening A Bookstore In The Neighborhood

Photo by Marvin OrellanaNeighbor Adam Sternbergh, a contributing editor at New York magazine [http://nymag.com/author/adam%20sternbergh] and Vulture [http://www.vulture.com/search.html?q=adam+sternbergh], and the former culture editor of The New York Times Magazine [http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/author/adam-sternbergh/], is celebrating