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Rizzoli Bookstore is a general interest bookstore located at 1133 Broadway in New York City and owned by RCS MediaGroup that primarily specializes in illustrated books and foreign language titles. Its previous location at 31 W 57th Street was noted for its beautiful interior. After Rizzoli's lease expired in April 2014, the building was demolished.〔Harper Collins. ( "16 Bookstores You Have to See Before You Die" ), ''Buzzfeed'', New York, 9 August 2013.〕〔Braun 2012, p. 146,〕 It moved to its current location on July 27, 2015.〔("Legendary Bookstore Rizzoli Reopens Doors at New NoMad Location" )''New York Observer'' 22 July 2015.〕 == History == In 1964, Angelo Rizzoli opened Rizzoli Bookstore at 712 Fifth Avenue in New York City. Built in 1907 by architect Albert S. Gottlieb and inspired by the classical style of 19th century Parisian town houses, the Rizzoli Building attracted legions of customers with its "marble floors, oak paneling, sparkling chandeliers."〔Robert Dahlin. ("Rizzoli USA" )''Christian Science Monitor'', 2 November 1984.〕 Gianfranco Monacelli, who went on to become the president and chief executive of Rizzoli Publications before creating Monacelli Press in 1994, started as a night clerk in the Fifth Avenue store in 1965. In the seventies, Roberto Polo, investment manager, art collector, and would-be design mogul worked part-time at Rizzoli while a graduate student at Columbia.〔Dominick Dunne. ( "The Fall of Roberto Polo" )''Vanity Fair'', New York, October 1988.〕 As the director of the Rizzoli Gallery, he organized an exhibition entitled “Fashion as Fantasy.” In 1976, Rizzoli opened a store in Chicago's Water Tower Place. Additional stores later opened in Boston, Costa Mesa, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Pasadena, San Francisco, Dallas, Oak Brook, Atlanta, Washington DC, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and Williamsburg.〔Edwin McDowell. ( "Rizzoli Grows from 'Museums' to Book Chain" )''New York Times'', New York, 22 August 1984.〕 In 1984, Rizzoli acquired Scribner's Bookstore on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan〔Herbert Mitgang. ( "Rizzoli Acquires Bookstores of Scribners" )''New York Times'', New York, 10 December 1984.〕 and opened an additional store in Soho. The Scribner’s flagship store on Fifth Avenue continued to operate under Rizzoli ownership until 1989, when it closed; the building, designed by Ernest Flagg in 1913, is now a Sephora. In 1985, Rizzoli Bookstore relocated to its present location on West 57th Street.〔Edwin McDowell. ( "Rizzoli Opens New Shop" )''New York Times'', New York, 22 March 1985.〕 The old Rizzoli building was saved at the last minute when it was designated a landmark.〔Jesus Rangel. ( "Proposal for 5th Avenue Sparks Dispute" )''New York Times'', New York, 13 January 1985.〕 The new store now occupies three floors of the former Sohmer Piano Company showroom and was renovated by H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture. Rizzoli closed most of its national locations except for its flagship store in 2001.〔John Mutter. ( "Rizzoli To Close All But Flagship Store" )''Publishers Weekly'', New York, 17 May 2001.〕 In 2010, Rizzoli Bookstore opened a boutique store in the Italian food megastore Eataly, featuring nearly 400 titles related to food and drink. In 2012, a similar store opened in Saks Fifth Avenue, featuring a carefully curated selection of books on fashion, design, entertaining, interiors, special travel destinations and New York.〔( "World's Most Elegant In-Store Bookstore? Rizzoli Opens In Saks Fifth Avenue" )''Huffington Post'', New York, 10 April 2012.〕〔( "Rizzoli to Run Bookstore in New NYC Italian Mega-Store Eataly " )''Publishers Weekly'', New York, 30 August 2010.〕 On April 11, 2014, Rizzoli was forced to close its flagship store on 31 West 57th Street in New York, under the protest of customers and preservationists, after their lease had expired. The building owners, the LeFrak real estate family (see Richard LeFrak) and Vornado Realty Trust, planned to tear down the building and two adjoining buildings. 〔 James Barron, ("It’s Leaving 57th Street, but Rizzoli Bookstore Vows Sequel" )''New York Times'', New York, 11 April, 2014. 〕 Demolition started shortly after the bookstore closed. 〔 Hana R. Alberts, ("57th Street's Beautiful Rizzoli Bookstore Is Totally Destroyed" )''ny.curbed.com'', New York, 18 June, 2014. 〕 The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission had refused to warrant landmark status for the building, noting that the interior design dated only to 1985 and that there was not enough original substance from the 1919 building left. 〔 James Barron, ("It’s Leaving 57th Street, but Rizzoli Bookstore Vows Sequel" )''New York Times'', New York, 11 April, 2014. 〕 The decision and the way the decision was made by the Landmarks Preservation Commission was criticized by the editorial board of the New York Times. 〔 NY Times Editorial Board, ("The Tyranny of Glass Boxes" )''New York Times, New York, April 21, 2014.〕 Rizzoli reopened at its current Broadway location in July 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rizzoli Bookstore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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