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42° 20' 37.4352" N, 71° 7' 25.9752" W

Wicked Local Brookline reports the Coolidge Corner Barnes and Noble is flying the coop when its lease runs out in December, finally leaving Brookline Booksmith in peace.

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No, no

By Ron Newman | Mon, 11/03/2008 - 4:58pm

The Harvard Square Barnes & Noble is the coop.

Gresham's Law of Bad Puns

By adamg | Mon, 11/03/2008 - 5:07pm

Bad puns push out the good ...

And that was one of the worst, I guess, since, yeah, there isn't a Coop within miles of the place.

Sure there is

By eeka | Mon, 11/03/2008 - 9:26pm

There's a Coop at Harvard Medical School.

~Your friendly local human map

There isn't a Coop within miles of the place ...

By adamg | Mon, 11/03/2008 - 9:34pm

... That anybody in their right mind would ever think of going to. ...

But what if

By eeka | Mon, 11/03/2008 - 10:02pm

You're in Brookline or Fenway and have a sudden hankering for overpriced crimson sweatsuits?

http://1smootshort.blogspot.com

I'd jump on the train ...

By adamg | Mon, 11/03/2008 - 10:08pm

And head straight for Harvard Square, duh!

It's great news!

By Rhea | Tue, 11/04/2008 - 7:22am

Independent bookstores have enough trouble without chains eating up sales.

But it's also a tragedy

By Stewart | Tue, 11/04/2008 - 12:07pm

The B&N has one of the only public restrooms in Coolidge Corner!

Two other options

By Chris | Tue, 11/04/2008 - 3:10pm

There's still Starbucks and Peet's.

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