From The Book House relocating to a new storefront at Stuyvesant Plaza to new hotel opening in Schenectady, here’s business-related news from across the Capital Region in brief from February:
The Book House moves to a new storefront at Stuyvesant Plaza
On Feb. 5, a human chain of volunteers formed a book brigade to move the books at The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza to its new location down the sidewalk.
The woman-owned, independent bookstore of 50 years moved from its current space between Bountiful Bread and Apple Barrel Home + Pantré to a space between Sur La Table and Athleta — the same space the bookstore previously occupied nearly 40 years ago. The store opened at its new space on Feb. 10. Hundreds and hundreds of books neatly organized by genre sit displayed at the new location, lit up by the store’s warm lighting.
“This is our third move, so third time’s a charm,” owner Susan Novotny told the Times Union in October, when the move was first announced. “(This shows) you can go home again.”…