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Brentano's was an American bookstore and had numerous locations in the United States,.
As of the 1970s, there were three Brentano's in NY, the Fifth Avenue flagship store in Rockefeller Center, one in Greenwich Village, and one in White Plains. There was a store in the Bergen Mall (Paramus NJ) which closed as the Short Hills, NJ store was being built. There was a store in the Chestnut Hill area of Boston, another in Austin, Texas. There were also three stores in Southern California; in Westwood Village, Beverly Hills and Costa Mesa. There was a store in the Seven Corners shopping center in Falls Church, Virginia, outside of Washington, DC.
Brentano's was owned by Macmillan in the 1970s and early 1980s, before being purchased by three of Brentano's higher ranking employees. Soon after, Brentano's became a part of the Waldenbooks subsidiary of Borders Group, Inc., an Ann Arbor, Michigan–based book and music retailer.