The NYC Games Store will be closed in the old school after 44 years, when the neighbors were crushed with “magic disappears”

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The West Side Games store in the old school closes its doors after 44 years-where their owners blame online shopping and A tariff of chaos To connect a fatal double fuss.

West Side Kids, at West 84th and Amersterdam Avenue, announced this week that it will stop operations at the end of July-where shoppers have long been complaining that “The Magic” disappears as buyers turn into Amazon instead of personal shopping.

“We have seen families raising their children,” said the owner Jennifer Bergman, 58, whose mother opened the store.

“These children now have children. We are now helping them to raise their children,” Bergman told the newspaper “Post”. “You are walking in my store, I will tell you exactly what I recommend to this child who loves this specific thing. I will remember the name of this child. This child will come when they feel insecure on the street and we will make sure they are well.”

Bergman said that she was forced to make the difficult decision when she discovered that the work in June decreased by 43 % from the previous year – which decreased by 20 % from 2023.

The store, which is run by the family-who celebrated the forty-fourth anniversary last September-had exceeded the closure over the past decade, as it exceeded the epidemic and inflation.

Games store – which He sells everything from LEGOS for clothes and books – she was in constant competition with online retailers, but she managed to stay over water thanks to the loyalty of her customers in the neighborhood.

Ultimately, the neighborhood loyalty has faded in recent years when customers can no longer increase their noses at Amazon’s distinctive prices.

“I cannot compete with these prices, I do not want to compete with these prices. I run a really moral place: I deal with my staff well, pay them well, pay health insurance, and pay holidays,” said Bergman.

The high price of definitions was the last straw, and continued. She said that the little profit was achieving Bergman home.

Berjman’s mother and best friend of her store as a clothes store opened a shipment for children in 1981, who slowly started selling other good things to children.

By the nineties, there were 10 games stores in The upper western sideBut all of them slowly closed their doors over the years.

West Side Kids holds until this week’s announcement – which sparked regular customers to visit the store to enjoy their wonderful memories the last time.

“This makes me sad, it is part of the New York City era.

“I have noticed over the past fifteen years, the upper Western side has changed a lot – from existence for many people,” Woodman said. “Full with restaurants and nightlife that looks separate from the neighborhood in which I brought my children.”

Silvia Parker, who has a close gift store, has regretted “interesting stores” that no longer exists.

“You can find out if you walk up and down in Broadway, throughout the neighborhood, there are empty store facades,” said Parker, 65. “I just remember the way, as I am sure everyone says, the way the neighborhood is used to.

“As the owner of a store, it is very difficult,” he added. “Between the rents, and what happens with the definitions, it is impossible to properly plan a company. We don’t know what will happen to fall and holidays.

My mother, Sarah, who did not want to share her last name, was afraid that the closure would mean that she would lose some of her dearest memories with her daughters, who ranged between the ages of 7, 4 and 1: Bring them to the children of West Side to capture Christmas and Christmas gifts.

Sarah said: “He is not the same on the Internet. Magic disappears,” Sarah said. “The coming here brings me to my childhood, and that I am able to go to stores and put things in my wish list and I hope my parents will fulfill that these dreams are fulfilled.”