Going Under

 

Having a drink at the Haymarket Cafe. 

 

 

Oh no! Tim's Used Books next door has closed!

They seemed like such a perfect commercially complementary pair, pick up a book at Tim's and then read it while having a coffee at the Haymarket.  Behind the rental sign there remains only a single, greenish book on display. 

Closer examination reveals that it is a treatise on Herman Melville, but one whose title may express an ulterior meaning. 

 

 

One downtown business that is definitely not going under is Local Burger. 

Their tasty burgers never fail to attract customers! Too bad books don't sell like burgers. 

A bored crowd at a Northampton City Council meeting in 2008.

photo by dann vazquez

The Springfield Symphony Orchestra is a cover band.