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They will continue to sell online apparently. Maybe this is old news, I don't know.
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The inescapable march of "progress"...burp.They had their run, totally enjoyed their presence on Park Row, their sponsored free outdoor concerts across the street, saw Kenny Garret and many others back in the late 80's and 90's.
I bought my AR The Turntable there in the late 80's and boatloads of records.
But by the turn of the century, they had their share of 'dumb' sales folks, and when they installed the Bose sound room...well...figure it out.We all miss the familiar.
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I went almost every day since the very beginning, some of the music sales people were very knowledgable. Lets see what happens when they come back??
It's kinda sad for me. I never bought a single piece of gear from J&R, but man, I bought a shitload of music from them back in the day. Their only competition back than was Tower Records. It became even more fun to go record shopping when I moved away fro NYC, gave me an excuse to go visit one of my favorite places on the planet, downtown Manhatten. Going up those scrungy stairs to get to the Jazz dept. always made me happy as I never knew WHAT I'd find, but I'd always find something! But I haven't visited in years. Just thinking how yesterday I spent some time buying tunes online, found some great stuff, but the buying experience is nowhere near as much fun!
Just one of them stores like the ones on Canal and Chambers except they could advertise in NY Times.
Bill
Your comment is simply not true, especially if the subject is the selection of music available at J&R in its heyday. None of the stores on Chambers or Canal had anything like J&R's comprehensive inventory in virtually every genre. And none of those stores had anything even remotely like J&R's breadth and depth of electronics.
That's completely untrue. J&R offered a very wide array of equipment choices backed by good prices. Their level of customer service was well beyond that offered by the stores in the areas you mentioned.
Name names then.
nt
Dont exist anymore.
Chambers street guys razed to the ground by the urban renewal.
Canal street guys have changed from the black robes to business suits and gone to Wall St.
Cheers
Bill
Thanks! for sharing.
Now I understand why their online selection of televisions is almost nonexistent. I have made purchases from J&R for many years. They were great for everything except high-end audio. Yesterday I went TV shopping there and the usual vast inventory was gone.
If they do not return as a major AV retailer, I will now say thank you for the many years of enjoyable shopping!
The announcement didn't say they are closing their doors permanently, but will be redeveloping the building.
EIther Bloomberg got information J&R didn't put on thier website, or they are leaping to a conlcusion.
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I didn't find much wrong with J&R as presently constituted, and sure as hell don't have any need/desire for them to become a "social mecca".
I'll hope for the best.
End of an era.
End of an era.
I learned about a lot of music from the knowing staff once postured there some 20 years ago. It was a pleaure to learn and talk music with them. Often, they'd bring performers and have small concerts right on-site. And prices? Their red/yellow sticker sales were amazingly cheap. Too bad.
Sad to see the continuing end of brick and mortar music stores.
J&R is still doing business on the interweb. I a have ordered a new cartridge on Wednesday and it was shipped yesterday. Can't wait for Monday!
Maybe folks should read the attached.
Mind you it could be just another dream that will not materialize, but at least, please, tell the whole story.
As the article in today's New York Times suggests, there's no indication from J&R's statement (or in response to direct questioning) that the redevelopment will prioritize music or AV equipment retailing. What the statement said is that it will represent “an unprecedented retailing concept and social mecca.” The company refused to be more specific in response to questions about the nature of that retailing concept. IMO, it's very likely that the future development will reflect the imperatives of land values in that part of Manhattan. In other words, I think a return of a traditional (music) retail outlet on the scale of the recent incarnation of J&R is very unlikely.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/11/nyregion/patrons-ponder-neighborhoods-without-j-r-and-pearl-paint.html?ref=nyregion&_r=0
UR quite right, but since J&R still exists for Interweb sales the news of its death has as an entity been greatly exaggerated.
Yes, indeed, it still exists as a retail outlet on the web - but there it has (happily) plenty of competition. My post was just about the bricks & mortar version which was pretty much a one-stop shop for A/V needs in NYC.
I spent many a lunch hour wandering the various J&R stores on Park Row when I worked a contract in lower Manhattan in the late 90s. I have purchased electronics and music online from J&R since and returned home from Manhattan.
Sorry to see the demise of a brick and mortar landmark, but glad to know they will remain an entity online.
DaveT
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