Photo Credit: Mark Lentz. Viewpoint: 57th St. near Broadway; 1/7/02 12:34 PM.

Notes (Roving Rube): Coliseum Books closes their doors January 22nd after 27 years in business, likely a victim of the Barnes & Noble superstores.

The Rube can remember when the only two things he knew to do in NYC were to ride the escalators in the big department stores, and go to Coliseum Books, which was always open.