Plimpton's In West Hartford, Connecticut Closed

[Manalto]

While I realize this is not fresh news (they closed in December of 2014), I thought it would be worthwhile to post this since no one else has. Plimpton's was in business for an astonishing 150 years. Below is a short article on the closing from the Hartford Courant (which, by the way, is America's oldest continuously published newspaper [1764] - I'm curious to see how much longer this one will survive).

 

http://www.courant.com/community/west-hartford/hc-west-hartford-plimptons-closing-1127-20141126-story.html

Edited April 20, 2015 by Manalto

[yitznewton]

Oh dear; I grew up in West Hartford and remember Plimpton's fondly from the pre-Staples era. I was last in there a few years before they closed, looking at Lamy Safaris. RIP indy stationers

[Manalto]

It had, as did many of the stores in WH center, gracious customer service. I remembered Plimpton's fondly. until that memory was tainted by my final visit. The salesperson apparently attended the Hawty-DeStayne Academy of Customer Service. I'll tell myself that she had just gotten word of the store's demise the morning of my visit, and hang onto the fond memories.