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[[File:Globalink.jpg|thumb|Global Ink as it once was]]

'''Global Ink''' was a truly wonderful newsagent that sold papers and magazines from around the world<ref>"The Chain Gang," [[The Blue and White]], Nov. 2008 http://web.archive.org/web/20120126163810/http://www.theblueandwhite.org/nov08.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/25/nyregion/new-yorkers-co-new-store-offers-the-world-in-print.html</ref>, and offered treats like free coffee to sweeten the deal.

One of New York's last independent storefront newsstands, it was defended by loyal [[Morningside Heights]] residents when a Universal News briefly alighted on Broadway in the early 2000s<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/16/nyregion/neighborhood-report-morningside-heights-and-on-one-block-a-battle-for-readers.html</ref>. The locals simply refused to patronize the chain store altogether. 

It received a mention in [[Cheryl Mendelson]]'s—wife of [[Edward Mendelson]]—[[2005]] novel, ''Morningside Heights: A Novel''<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=MaRsDaL8OMkC&pg=PA172&lpg=PA172&dq=global+ink+morningside+heights&source=bl&ots=XGdgH-GMj_&sig=pr-djF89dlUUhnGpyrAm4569j6o&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zQLPUaDXLuXq0gGe0oHACw&ved=0CH0Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=global%20ink%20morningside%20heights&f=false</ref>.

In [[2007]], however, Global Ink suddenly closed. The newsstand's owners opened a shoe store, '''Shoe Tree''', in its place<ref>http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2007/05/morningside_heights_to_lose_it.html</ref>. 

One [[Bwog]] commenter bemoaned, "where are the hipsters gonna get their n+1s/believers/other such magazines? global ink definitely had the best selection within a short distance" <ref>http://bwog.com/2007/09/15/change-is-hard/#comment-33857</ref>.

==External links==
* [http://bwog.com/2007/09/15/change-is-hard/ Bwog: Change is Hard]
* [http://www.yelp.com/biz/global-ink-new-york The store's defunct Yelp page]

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[[Category:Stores]]
[[Category:Morningside Heights]]