Rust Belt Books, Buffalo, N.Y., will close its current location December 30 and move to 415 Grant St., where it will reopen in January. The Buffalo News reported that the bookstore and performance space, "which moved from its original location on Lexington Avenue in 2000, has played host to hundreds of poetry readings, theater performances, concerts and other small-scale cultural events in its small back room."
That mission will continue in the new space, according to co-owner Kristi Meal, who recently purchased the business with Erin Verhoef. "It's very beautiful where we're going," Meal said. "We're a block and a half from Forest Avenue, so right around the corner, we're still going to get our international visitors going to the museums who seek out our bookstore. That street is a main vein there between Amherst Street and downtown. So there's a heavy amount of traffic."
An Indiegogo campaign is underway to help Rust Belt Books with its move.
