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In 1967 Jennifer Baum and her family moved into RNA House, a subsidized cooperative apartment building at 150 West 96th Street. It was a time “when the idea that housing is a human right was a guiding principle of politics, urban design, and planning."

Book Culture closed its store on Columbus Avenue between 81st and 82nd Streets early this year amid sales troubles and an ownership dispute. But a filing

A bookstore may open on Columbus Avenue between 81st and 82nd Streets, but it won’t be Book Culture, according to Tim Quinlan, of Walker Malloy, the landlord.

“The Columbus Ave Book Culture will not reopen,” wrote co-owner Chris Doeblin, in a surprising email sent to the community on Tuesday afternoon. This comes after

Book Culture's Columbus Avenue location between 81st and 82nd Streets was seized by a city marshal last week because of unpaid rent. It remained closed this week as the various parties involved

A city marshal seized Book Culture's store on Columbus Avenue between 81st and 82nd Streets on Tuesday, and the store sent out a notice that it was "temporarily" closed.

Contrary to signage and social media posts, Book Culture on Columbus is not in need of financial assistance from the neighborhood, according to co-owner John R. MacArthur.

Book Culture, the popular independent bookstore with three locations on or near the Upper West Side, is no longer in imminent danger of closing, its owner Chris Doeblin

Book Culture, which operates two stores in the neighborhood, warned last month that it could go out of business without some sort of financial lifeline. And while store

Book Culture owner Chris Doeblin has elaborated on an email he sent last week asking for government help to keep the company's four stores afloat.

Independent book shop Book Culture is on the ropes, and it wants the government to help it stay afloat, owner Chris Doeblin wrote

A rift between a local synagogue and a bookshop over a book on Palestine appears to be over. The rabbis at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue (SWFS) and

A local rabbi and a local bookstore have clashed over a children’s alphabet book called “ P is for Palestine.” Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue

Whether you're looking for billionaire romance, gay romance, vampire romance, any kind of romance at all (except Amish, which must be ordered), it will

In the wake of the terrorist attack in Paris on Friday, Book Culture set up a large coloring pad with images of Paris in front of its store on Columbus

There are tons of published authors on the Upper West Side, but most have already completed middle school. Ten-year-old Sasha Matthews is starting earl

Book Culture threw a grand opening party for its new store on Columbus Avenue between 81st and 82nd street last week, and the store announced an

It's open! Book Culture, an actual real-live spanking-new bookstore just opened at 450 Columbus Avenue between 81st and 82nd street. The store

Book Culture's owner Chris Doeblin says the store's upcoming space on Columbus between 81st and 82nd streets needs to sell $3 million a year to break even. And

Imagine turning back the clock 20 years to a time when small businesses still thrived on the Upper West Side, people read books printed on paper, and your computer