“There was a time when any university worth visiting seemed to have a great bookstore worth visiting too, an idiosyncratic sort of place with a complex intellectual and social role in the exotic ecology of academic life.”

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State Senator Daniel Squadron urges Cooper Union to lower St. Mark’s Books’ rent. [Scribd]

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One Track Mind, a film by Jeremy Workman, chronicles an obsessive love affair–that between one man and the New York City subway system–and the efforts to preserve every nook and cranny in a massive collection of detailed drawings and notes.

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The Occupation of Wall Street continues. [CR]

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Almost 28,000 people have signed the petition to save St. Mark’s Bookstore. Cooper Union is still deliberating on whether to lower the shop’s rent or let the market forces crush this landmark. Many commenters have said (some rather snarkily), “If everyone who signed the petition bought just one book, they could save the shop.” Feeling guilty about spending more time reading blogs than books? Good!

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The old three-story brick building at 345 West 14th (and 9th Ave.) has been demolished to make room for yet another shiny Meatpacky condo.

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Starbucks encroaches deeper into the East Village. [EVG]

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Dear Cooper Union:

Today you are meeting with the owners of the St. Mark’s Bookshop to discuss a rent reduction that would keep this invaluable business afloat. So far, the owners say, you have not been “particularly sympathetic” to the situation.

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The New Yorker’s Book Bench asks if St. Mark’s Bookshop is worth fighting for. [NYer]

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Save St. Mark’s Books: Let Cooper Union know they can’t take away another vital piece of the EV. So far, Cooper has not been “particularly sympathetic.” [RS]

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