It seemed a perfect fit: Moore has a book to promote (he told the crowd at the bookstore last night that he had no interest
in doing signings at
big chain stores), and St. Mark's Bookshop
is itself
in trouble, and has asked its landlord, Cooper
Union, the private engineering, architecture and art college, to reduce its $ 20,000 monthly rent (with backup from a local petition and a community board resolution).