Borders was my first big bookstore. The Chestnut Street store in Philadelphia near Rittenhouse Square, when I went to college. It was practically a religious experience. Growing up in Connecticut I only ever had the crappy mall stores like B Dalton and Waldenbooks, and a rare visit to the Yale Co-Op. Borders was multiple stories, a huge computer section with lots of academic books, it was awesome.
There I saw Douglas Adams read from 'Last Chance To See', and saw Ally Sheedy read from her crap poetry book, which I bought and had autographed.
The Rittenhouse Square store closed at some point and moved, I think to a location on Broad Street.
There I saw Douglas Adams read from 'Last Chance To See', and saw Ally Sheedy read from her crap poetry book, which I bought and had autographed.
The Rittenhouse Square store closed at some point and moved, I think to a location on Broad Street.