I had a few hours to kill up in Fort Collins Monday afternoon, and decided to walk around the area across the street from Colorado State University. Now that CSU students are back on campus, this area - located around College and Laurel Streets - is hopping, with restaurants and cafes doing a very good business. I was especially taken with the alley in the photograph above, which is now a pedestrian only walkway with retail businesses as well as green space. Sadly, I noticed that the Rams Bookstore, at 130 West Laurel, has closed after serving the community for over 50 years. It was an independent operation, but carried textbooks, school supplies, and CSU apparel and gifts. Like the University of Denver Bookstore, where I worked for almost 30 years, the textbook business has taken quite a hit because of the internet, and operations like this now struggle to survive. Ordering over the internet may be cheaper and easier, but because of this, we are losing something very special.
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