What's next for Bailey Coy space? Sound Transit art

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The storefront that was home to Bailey Coy Books for 26 years won't be empty for long. CHS has learned that the owner of the building and founder of the much-loved but financially troubled bookstore, Barbara Bailey, has a tentative agreement to make the space available for a temporary art installation until a new tenant for the 3,000 square-foot retails space can be found.

Sound Transit art program coordinate Barbara Luecke said she is planning the installation and has an artist lined up to fill the space. The Sound Transit art program filled empty Broadway storefronts with art -- including the old Broadway Jack in the Box  and the installation seen on the photo in this post -- as the buildings sat empty for months awaiting demolition.

Bailey Coy said goodbye to Broadway with a wake last week attended by about 150 people that included a fundraiser auction to help owner Michael Wells cover the store's remaining debts.

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