Word: wordsworth
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...Brattle Theatre has avoided the fate of other Harvard Square landmarks—such as Tasty Diner and WordsWorth Books—that have shuttered their doors in recent years...
Erotic massages. Talk of a “Team Zebra.” Someone named “Flat Patty.” A striking explosion of banks. The closing of WordsWorth Books and impending shutdown of Brattle Theatre. Today, Harvard Square is quickly deteriorating into a den of vice, exotic livestock, and easy credit, a.k.a., New Haven. It’s long past time for some unserious reflection. Look, for example, to the charges brought against About Hair, a shady Arrow Street salon accused of providing prostitution services to students and other local residents (a sign in the front...
...number of realizations about the changing face of the Square. “People I talk to are worried about it becoming just another mall without a parking lot,” says Murphy, pointing to the loss of independent stores like Wordsworth Books. “There’s such a synergy to experiencing the Square, where I can have a burger at Bartley’s, shop at the Harvard Book Store, grab dessert at Toscanini’s, and catch a movie at the Brattle. We have to get together with local business and figure...
...Curious George Goes to WordsWorth, employees will serve up—for no extra charge—frothy butterbeer (presumably of a nonalcoholic, Hogsmeade vintage...
Harvard Square lost another independent bookstore last fall, when WordsWorth Books went bankrupt, citing competition from internet sales and chain bookstores. Its children’s division remains open...