At the close of business today, a general store that has become a Boulder institution will shut its doors for the last time.

Jones General Store and Camera, located at 1370 College Ave. on University Hill, is closing today because its building is being demolished to make way for a new development, and its owners say they can’t afford the higher rent that will be charged in the new building.

Louie Moschetti had worked at the store since 1968 before purchasing it with his brother Roxy in 2006.

Read the entire article in the Boulder Weekly:  The end of an era.

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