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Thomas Jefferson University has opened its new bookstore on Chestnut Street in Center City Philadelphia, as part of Jefferson’s commitment to the revitalization of Chestnut Street.

The new and larger Jefferson Medical and Health Science Bookstore, located at 1009 Chestnut Street, replaces the university bookstore previously located at 224 South 11th Street. The new store will also house the university’s commuter services and employee photo identification offices this fall.

The bookstore’s relocation to Chestnut Street is in keeping with Jefferson’s commitment to enhancing the Chestnut Street corridor.

The Jefferson bookstore is part of the Victory Building, located at the corner of Chestnut and South 10th streets, which has been transformed into a residential building, in part for students attending Thomas Jefferson University. The 130-year-old Victory is an historic icon of Philadelphia architecture. Built beginning in 1873, and designed by architect Henry Fernbach, it is one of the few examples of the French Second Empire architectural style left in the city. Philadelphia Management Corp. has renovated the building for retail, commercial and residential uses.

The new location has 6,100 square feet of space, nearly three times the space of the previous store to accommodate the bookstore, as well as the commuter services and photo ID offices, said Patricia S. Haas, MBA, the store’s director.

The store has a staff of six and will be open Mondays through Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Customers can also access the store’s full range of books online at www.jefferson.edu/bookstore.

“While the bookstore is operated to support the Jefferson campus community, over the years the local medical community has come to appreciate the services and products that we provide,” Ms. Haas said. “The store will continue to provide text and reference books, laboratory and diagnostic supplies, computer accessories, supplies and software, academic supplies, film processing and Jefferson clothing and gift items.

“The local community will be pleasantly surprised with the variety of new products the store will offer including bestsellers, a consumer health section, a newsstand with local, regional and ethnic newspapers and a local interest section devoted to the Philadelphia region,” said Charity Marshall, the book store’s assistant director and merchandise manager.

The store will have greeting cards, stationery, gift items and snack food, she said. The store also offers specialty gift items for the medical profession.

The bookstore will have a section devoted to books by Jefferson faculty and host book signings by faculty and local authors. One of the upcoming signings will be for “Caring for the Country,” a new release by Jefferson family medicine physician Howard K. Rabinowitz, M.D., professor of Family Medicine, Jefferson.

This unique book profiles ten graduates from the Physician Shortage Area Program (PSAP) of Jefferson Medical College, who are now practicing rural family medicine. For more than a quarter century, Jefferson's PSAP has been one of the most successful programs in the country in increasing the supply and retention of physicians in rural communities, areas which historically have experienced a shortage of family physicians.