A stationery shop that fronts both Elm Street and Morse Court is closing, officials say.
The Morse Court entrance to Papyrus in New Canaan. Credit: Michael Dinan
Papyrus at 32 Elm St. is liquidating and doesn’t have a firm closing date, though the store is shutting down, according to one of its workers.
The news comes as the retail chain announces that it’s closing all 450 Papyrus locations nationwide.
In New Canaan, the change comes amid several others in downtown stores. Nantucket Monogram on Morse Court is moving onto Elm to share space with Taylor Luggage, while the Adirondack Store & Gallery prepares to move into the former Family Britches space across Elm. Another store that New Canaanites long have gone to for greeting cards, Mackenzie’s, also is closing this month.
Papyrus has occupied its commercial space for several years. The store sells custom prints, greeting cards, stationery, wrap and trim, home decor and gifts.
A sign in the window at Papyrus says “Everything Must Go” and items inside the store are heavily discounted. All items on the Papyrus website are listed at 20% off. “All sales final,” according to a banner on the company’s website.
Longtime New Canaanites will recall that variety store Breslow’s occupied 32 Elm St. for nearly a half-century, until 1978.