Barnes & Noble will close its iconic store at the Power Plant in Baltimore's Inner Harbor by the end of the week, WJZ13 reported. In a statement, B&N said while it had been a privilege to run the store as "one of the most distinctive bookstores of the United States," those attributes made it "extraordinarily expensive" to operate and maintain.
B&N added: "We have been honored to serve customers from the Power Plant bookstore since it opened in 1998 and appreciate their loyalty and support. We also thank the wonderful booksellers who worked at this store and will seek to transfer as many as is possible to one of our other Baltimore-area stores."
The company said it "will focus resources on improving other stores in the area and around the country, as well as invest in new stores--one of which is now in Rockville, Md.," WJZ13 noted.