UnBeige: Prairie Ave Bookshop No More?

Steve Delahoyde, co-editor of mediabistro.com’s design blog, UnBeige, brings us sad news for Chicago booklovers: Prairie Avenue Bookshop, a downtown indie store specializing in architectural books, is—as reported in the Chicago Tribune—no longer able to afford to stay open beyond the end of its current lease. Cheaper prices from Amazon.com are cited as one nail in the coffin, but there’s also the local 10.25 percent sales tax that drives Chicagoans to shop online in the first place.

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