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Old 04-15-2014, 06:56 AM
 
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I liked J and R for music and movies. They had vinyl as well. Entertainment buffs who were looking for more obscure film and music often found it here. They thing is, No one seems to buy hard copy music and film anymore and online shopping vs brick and mortar stores is a trend that is only growing. Many retail stores esp electronic are on their way out.
Agreed. Becoming an outdated business model. Everything is going to cloud based and "on-demand"
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Old 04-15-2014, 08:05 AM
 
Location: Manhattan
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There is a Starbucks on 49th and Madison, And a new one on the same block going up. This makes no sense to me, It's difference of half a block.
Well it makes sense only if they are separated by a Chase Bank and a Duane Reade.

(Sounds like a good block to take a pee.)
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Old 04-15-2014, 08:33 AM
 
Location: Staten Island, NY
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Within 2 blocks of the 86th St 4/5/6 station, there are 4 Starsbucks. They just built a new one on 87th and third. If they could build retail on Park Ave, there'd probably be 6.
That's INSANE!! Do they make that much money???
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Old 04-15-2014, 09:14 AM
 
Location: Bronx, New York
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J&R's demise is not at all about Gentrification. Gone are the days of the old Radio Row, from which J&R came out of! The electronics/music retail industry has changed a lot! A lot of stuff is now online!

Working in Lower Manhattan for almost a quarter century, and shopping in J&R for as long, this will be well-missed!
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Old 04-15-2014, 09:21 AM
 
Location: Bronx, New York
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Some J&R concert festival and/or CD signing memories......

Best show.....
1. Teena Marie, funkin' it up with a ten-piece band!
2. Ashford and Simpson! Supposed to be outdoors, but it rained and poured! Nick and Val just took the funk indoors and turned it out!
3. The Roots!
4. Wynton Marsalis Quartet!

Most dissappointing.....
1. Boys 2 Men, the best selling male group of alltime, singing behind tracks instead of a live band!

Most memorable gesture.......
1. Simple handshake of Grover Washington, Jr's hand and wishing him a Merry Christmas! (1999). Four days later, he was dead!
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Old 04-15-2014, 09:26 AM
 
Location: NYC
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I remember shopping in there when I worked across the street. Back in the mid-90s...you used to have to go up this staircase to get where the DVDs were. And to return something was a pain, you had to bring it to the basement with the twenty receipts they would give you lol.
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Old 04-15-2014, 09:33 AM
 
Location: NYC
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Places I used to go a lot.

Manhattan Mall - sh**hole place now
Tower Records - gone
Virgin Megastore - gone
J&R - Soon to be

Changing economy and retail environment.
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Old 04-15-2014, 09:36 AM
 
Location: New Jersey
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Places I used to go a lot.

Manhattan Mall - sh**hole place now
Tower Records - gone
Virgin Megastore - gone
J&R - Soon to be

Changing economy and retail environment.
I miss Tower the most as a die hard music fan. They had everything. it was like if you could not find it there, It many not even exist. Manhattan mall I agree is very mediocre.

I remember some of the small music shops in the Village, They are all gone too I think.
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Old 04-15-2014, 09:51 AM
 
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Places I used to go a lot.

Manhattan Mall - sh**hole place now
Tower Records - gone
Virgin Megastore - gone
J&R - Soon to be

Changing economy and retail environment.

manhattan mall was always pretty ****ty but back then it was less ****ty. I used to go there a lot back in elementary school. I got my first computer from J&R and I thought that their showroom was so awesome.
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Old 04-15-2014, 09:53 AM
 
Location: Bergen County, NJ
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Manhattan Mall has always sucked. That has always kind of been the charm of that place. That it was a mistake.
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