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Pearl Art & Craft Supplies, the giant art store on 417 South St., will close it's doors at the end of the month. Manager Kevin Gordon, who has been at Pearl for eight years, says the rough date is Saturday, January, 31 but it will definitely be over and done with by the first week in February. All items will be 50 percent off until the store closes. Even though Gordon said that he only learned of the plans for closure yesterday, I went to Pearl last weekend and the shelves seemed uncommonly bare.
The closure of Pearl is yet another sound of the death knell for the once-cool South Street, that comes on the heels of the shuttering of TLA Video in October. For Gordon, Pearl closes for two reasons: The outflux of stores that began five years ago after Tower Records closed due to rising rents and the South Street improvement project, which halted foot traffic. "Those two factors combined with the recession limited the amount people to South Street," says Gordon, ultimately leading to Pearl's closure. I loved walking around Pearl, just imagining what I could with myself there. When I was under 18, and they weren't supposed to let you in because they sold spray paint, I would beg older friends/parents/sibling to accompany me, just so I could look. To say the least, this totally blows.I ran a Pearl store for over two years. It was a very shady place to work. I always felt like I was working for the mod.
Well I stopped going to Pearl when I found this site - it's a Chicago based store but they carry everything in the world online for really good prices - artsupply.com I get my paints, brushes, and some studio furniture there. They are really helpful too, unlike Pearl who I found rude. Not their fault, their corporate offices keep the clamp on them.
Pearl is closing 8 stores nationwide its good to know its not just us its them too. I just hope this doesn't mean utrecht and Blick are all the boring stagnant art supply shops we are stuck with now. oh yeah Artist and Craftsman at 307 market!
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