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| I AM Books' new home. | |
I AM Books, an Italian-American bookstore and cultural hub that opened in Boston, Mass., in 2015 and closed its physical store last summer, will reopen in a new space in Boston's North End this fall.
Owners Nicola Orichuia and Jim Pinzino have found a new space at 124 Salem St. that is more than three times the size of the original store and has 10 sidewalk-facing windows. With the extra square footage they'll carry more books and sidelines and have space for events. The store's new neighbors include local restaurants, bars and bakeries, and the space is much more visible than the original.
"When we said goodbye to our old space on North Street, one of the things I knew I'd miss the most was the North End neighborhood," Orichuia wrote. When he began to look for a new space for the store, he "never even considered looking outside the North End. It is our neighborhood, and there is no other place in the world where I AM Books can and should belong."
Orichuia noted that a lot of work still needs to be done in the new space, and he'll have a firmer idea of a reopening date in the weeks and months ahead.