 Logo in the book Primary Education, 1916 | |
| Industry | Retail |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1853 |
| Founder | August Brentano |
| Defunct | 1983 (as a separate company) 2011 (as part of Borders) |
| Fate | absorbed into Borders Group in the U.S.; liquidated in the U.S. |
| Products | Books, magazines, comic books, maps, calendars, paintings, stationery |
Brentano's was an American bookstore chain with numerous locations in the United States.
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As of the 1970s, there were four Brentano's in New York: the Fifth Avenue flagship store at Rockefeller Center, one in Greenwich Village, one in Manhasset, and one in White Plains. There was a store in the Bergen Mall (Paramus, N.J.) which closed as the Short Hills, N.J., store was being built. There were Boston-area stores in Chestnut Hill and the Prudential Center, and another in Austin, Texas. There were also three stores in Southern California: in Westwood Village, Beverly Hills, and Costa Mesa. There were two stores outside of Washington, D.C.: one in the Seven Corners shopping center in Falls Church, Virginia, and another in Prince Georges Plaza in Maryland.
Brentano's was owned by Macmillan in the 1970s and early 1980s, before being bought out by three of Brentano's higher ranking employees. Soon after, Brentano's became a part of the Waldenbooks subsidiary of Borders Group, Inc., an Ann Arbor, Michigan–based book and music retailer.