The McNally Jackson bookstore that opened in January in Williamsburg, in Brooklyn, N.Y., has "found an audience," according to amNew York, which included a slide show of the beautiful interior, which is in a renovated, former industrial space.
The store is "a collaboration between Sam MacLaughlin, a former bookseller for the Prince Street bookstore, and McNally Jackson founder Sarah McNally," amNewYork wrote. After working in publishing, MacLaughlin realized he missed bookselling and approached his former boss about opening a store in his neighborhood. "I've lived in Williamsburg for a decade and felt like the neighborhood could sustain another big new [rather than used] bookstore," he said. "I lived here and I wanted it to be here."
Originally the store was to have a café on the mezzanine, but the city Department of Buildings did not approve those plans and the space is devoted to children's books.
With the exception of foreign-language titles, the book selection is similar to that of the original McNally Jackson store in Manhattan. "We took all that's great about Prince Street and brought it here," MacLaughlin said. "We're still figuring out what makes this different and what people are responding to." The store is also trying to find space for foreign-language titles.