It was "W.H. Smith Books" when I moved to Ottawa in 1985. Back then, they had three times the floor space for the store itself and a spiral staircase to the basement for staff to bring stock up to the shelves. As bookstore chains went, they were as high-end as Ottawa got.
Having been swallowed up into the Chapters-Indigo maw, and with a Chapters "box" on the other side of Confederation Square from the Sparks Street Mall, however, that may have been the end of it for this long-serving storefront.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
SmithBooks No More
Labels:
books,
bookstores,
memory,
ottawa,
photography,
SmithBooks,
Sparks Street,
streetscapes
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Empty Spaces - OPL Main Branch
Once a snack shop. What will it be next?
Labels:
empty spaces,
OPL,
ottawa,
Ottawa Public Library,
photography
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