Borders
PetSmart to Open in East Side Borders
What is more boring than 12,000 square feet of empty commercial space? A store that isn’t needed. PetSmart is gearing up to open a new location in the bottom level of the bankrupt Borders in East Side. It isn’t needed, … Read More
Pittsburgh Needs Bookstores, Not Halloween Costumes
When holiday stores start filling up vacant commercial space in areas like East Liberty and South Side, that’s when you start to realize the roles of suburb and city are being reversed. For example, Halloween stores, which were once restricted … Read More
Borders Eastside Becomes “Fleeting Pages” May 7
Pop-up Indie Bookseller Fleeting Pages will re-open the doors at the empty Borders on Penn Circle South in East Liberty at 10am on Saturday, May 7, 2011. Fleeting Pages will sell independently published material of all stripes, as well as … Read More
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East Side Borders Closing, Bookstore Bankrupt
Borders officially filed for bankruptcy and they are closing about 30% of their stores. The East Side Borders is one of those 200 stores scheduled to close.
Pittsburgh is losing bookstores left and right. First Barnes and Noble, then the … Read More
