Barnes & Noble Returns To 3rd Street Promenade

July 17, 2023 ·

SANTA MONICA—Barnes & Noble, a nationwide bookselling company, is returning to the 3rd Street Promenade at a new location, according to the City of Santa Monica.

A once-vacant space in the 1300 block of the 3rd Street Promenade began teasing a new bookstore earlier this month. Papers hung in the windows which had book-related puns like “New store coming soon… It’s a real page-turner!”  and “Coming soon… Better late than novel!”

Suspicion of the company’s return to the Promenade began swirling on social media. Suspicions were confirmed when a large banner reading “Barnes & Noble Coming Soon” covered the storefront on July 13.

The space that will soon become the new Barnes & Noble once housed the Midnight Special Bookstore, which sold books to the community for 32 years. Owned by Margie Ghiz, the store was described by Downtown Santa Monica on Facebook as “an iconic Westside bookstore that closed in 2004, and hosted authors including bell hooks, Octavia Butler, Edward Said, Dave Eggers, and more!” 

Midnight Special Bookstore closed its doors in 2004 due to the loss of a reduced rental agreement with the space’s landlord, according to reporting by the New York Times.

A Barnes & Noble store previously occupied a 30,000-square-foot corner space at the cross streets of 3rd Street and Wilshire Boulevard for 22 years. In 2018, the location was permanently closed.

By Paige Strickland

Next Post

Police Arrest Four Suspects In Connection To Armed Robbery

BEVERLY HILLS—A robbery that occurred on Monday, July 17, resulted in the arrests of four suspects that are said to be connected to the crime. At around 6:30 p.m. two people were robbed along the 600 block of North Doheny…
Read
Previous Post

Councilmember Assaulted With Bottle At Promenade

SANTA MONICA—One of Santa Monica’s City Council members was assaulted by a man on Third Street Promenade on Sunday, July 16, around 3 p.m. Phil Brock and his wife Cathy were walking around the Promenade when the couple observed a…
Read
Random Post

SMPD Apologizes For Playing Classical Music At Intersection

SANTA MONICA—The Santa Monica Police Department has issued an apology after initiating a program meant to deter crime in the neighborhood. SMPD stated that the system would play classical music at traffic lights as a part of a broader city-wide…
Read
Random Post

First Lady Jill Biden Campaigns In Beverly Hills

BEVERLY HILLS—On September 23, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, made an appearance at the private home of TV executive, founder of Children Uniting Nations and President of Cinémoi USA, Daphna Ziman, located at 9364 Beverly Crest Drive in Beverly Hills.While…
Read
Random Post

Improvements To Wilshire Boulevard To Enhance Safety, Transit Service

SANTA MONICA—The city of Santa Monica reported on its website that construction for safety enhancements on Wilshire Boulevard on the corridor between Ocean and Centinela Avenues is slated to begin on Monday, May 1. Developed as part of the Wilshire…
Read
Random Post

Santa Monica Department Of Transportation Director Ed King Retiring

SANTA MONICA—Media Contact, Robert McCall of the city of Santa Monica indicated in an email to Canyon News that the city’s Department of Transportation Director Ed King announced that he will retire in August 2023. King has over 46 years…
Read

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *