Thursday, May 16, 2013
New England's largest children's bookstore has moved from Park Street to Main Street.
Park Street Books & Toys has relocated its new store to 504 Main Street. The first thing you notice when you walk into New England's largest children's bookstore, is the massive mural that starts at the door and winds upstairs to the second floor. The colorful and winding mural was created by Montana Gulbrand, a junior at Walpole High School who works at the store, and the customers are talking about it, says owner Jim James. "It's amazing and people really love it," said James who estimates it took Montana about 70 hours to complete the work. She and her friend Keiko are now creating another mural on the outside of the building, and will also do more painting inside. "It's a work in progress," James said of his new space. On a recent …
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Park Street Books & Toys will be the new home of SCRIP once the store moves to its new location.
SCRIP will soon be available for purchase and pick-up at Park Street Books & Toys once they move to their new 504 Main Street location. "We were asked by customers if we would take it over and we said we would love to," said Jim James, owner of the bookstore which he hopes to move in April. In the meantime, SCRIP cards are available for purchase directly through the schools or by contacting Cathy Chung at papachung3@aol.com. Until last month, Lord's Department Store had been the purchase/pick-up location for SCRIP since the program was established in Medfield. What is SCRIP? SCRIP is a kind of gift card program where people can purchase gift cards to hundreds of different businesses and a percentage of the face-value purchase price …
Friday, January 11, 2013
Park Street Books and Toys is preparing its office space and offerings list as the store gets ready to move from Park Street to Main Street.
UPDATE: Park Street Books and Toys has put up their new sign outside 504 Main Street. Store owner says they are still on target to move at the end of March or the beginning of April from their current 26 Park Street location. Original story, Jan. 11, 2013 The face of downtown Medfield is changing -- Lord's Department Store is closing its doors in February and Park Street Books and Toys is relocating to Main Street from its current 26 Park Street address in March or April. Jim James, owner of Park Street Books and Toys says he is sad to see any Medfield business, let alone Lord's which he called "an institution and a tradition," close its doors. "I know how hard retail is, especially with Big Box stores and online shopping competing," James…
Thursday, January 10, 2013
You Ask, Patch Answers: With Lord's closing, where will I buy my Medfield sweatshirts and other spirit wear?
Since the announcement last week that Lord's Department Store will be closing in February, several Patch readers have asked... Question: Now that Lord's is closing, where will I buy my Medfield sweatshirts? Answer: Right down the street at Park Street Books and Toys. Jim James, owner of Park Street Books and Toys, said he has been asked several times to consider carrying Medfield spirit wear and he has agreed. "We will offer Spirit Wear because many customers have asked us to do so and it is a great fit for our store. We are excited to work with Juli Sinnett of Medfield and her company Swervepoint, to supply the clothing," he said. "We will offer a great selection at a reasonable price." James said he was sad to hear the news the downtown…
Thursday, December 27, 2012
The owners of Park Street Books have purchased the former Coldwell Banker building at 504 Main Street. They expect to move by early April.
New England's largest children's bookstore will soon be moving to a new space on Main Street. Jim and Teresa James of Park Street Books & Toys recently signed a purchase and sale agreement for the former Coldwell Banker building at 504 Main Street. Park Streets Books is expected to move from its 26 Park Street location, a stone's throw away from the new store, by late March or early April. Jim James said customers -- they receive about 200 a day -- are excited about the move and have already volunteered to line up along Park Street to hand boxes to one another as they make their way down Park Street and around the corner into the Main Street store. Though the new location is not much larger, James said, "To have everything in one …
