Gapers Block has ceased publication.

Gapers Block published from April 22, 2003 to Jan. 1, 2016. The site will remain up in archive form. Please visit Third Coast Review, a new site by several GB alumni.
 Thank you for your readership and contributions. 

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Local Borders bookstores are in their final days. Here are photos of the carnage over the last couple months.

Hyde Park:
closing Hyde Park Borders store, cafe still (sort of) open
by katherine of chicago

Michigan Avenue:
Everything Must Go
by Erin Nekervis

Lincoln Village:
closing Borders, Lincoln Village
by katherine of chicago

Evanston:
All Lined Up
© Andy Marfia

 
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