The world’s most beautiful bookstore is gutted

The world’s most beautiful bookstore is gutted

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norman lebrecht

June 19, 2014

Two months ago we lamented the fall of Rizzoli, the 57th Street wood-pannelled bookstore in New York where art and music mattered every bit as much as literary works. Developers were about to take it apart.

Here’s how it now looks.

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More heartbreak pics here.

 

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