Lectorum Closes

I was saddened to hear today that the Lectorum bookstore on 14th Street will be closing. It's only a couple of blocks away from my apartment, and I always bought my books for Spanish classes there. I was surprised to learn that it is actually owned by Scholastic, which apparently isn't willing to pay any more rent despite their billions in revenue. I live on West 16th Street, and the neighborhood used to be a "hub of Latino life," but there are few traces of that left, unfortunately. It seems like La Taza de Oro is the last holdout.