With the Leica Store in SoHo Closed, Will a Void be Filled?

Some photography stores leave a mark on the community unlike any other. They offer a place to discuss, debate, dissect, promote, and disseminate photography to any individual--even those with the slightest interest--in the medium. While these stores may seem like the door to Narnia, rest assured that such rare gems do exist. An epitome of this is the Leica Store in SoHo in New York, which was a pulse of photography in the city. Why am I using the tense 'was'? This brings us great pain to reveal ...