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42 W 17th St, New York, NY. Books of Wonder, New York's largest independent children's bookstore, is the only shop on this list that specializes specifically in children's literature. Founded in ...
Rizzoli Bookstore is a general interest bookstore, located in the St. James Building, 1133 Broadway in New York City, that primarily specializes in illustrated books and foreign language titles. Its previous location at 31 W. 57th Street was noted for its beautiful interior. After Rizzoli's lease expired in April 2014, the 57th St. building was ...
Quimby's Bookstore is an independent bookstore located at 1854 W. North Ave in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. [1] In addition to the main location, Quimby's NYC opened in 2017 at 536 Metropolitan Ave in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.
Brentano's was founded as an independent bookstore in New York City in 1853 by August Brentano, who established a newsstand in front of the New York Hotel. [1] The first branch store for the company was opened in Washington D.C. in 1883. [2] A year later, a second branch store was opened in Chicago in 1884. [3]
In 1884, Arthur Brentano opened the Chicago branch of his family's New York bookstore at 101 State street. [20] By 1930, Brentano's was the largest bookstore chain in the United States with 10 locations, 5 of which were outside of New York City, plus 2 additional affiliated locations in Europe. Unfortunately, Brentano's expanded too fast just ...
New York: The Bronx: Book Thug Nation New York: Brooklyn: Books Are Magic New York: Brooklyn (2 locations) Community Bookstore New York: Brooklyn: Greenlight Bookstore New York: Brooklyn: PowerHouse Books New York: Brooklyn: Spoonbill & Sugartown Books New York: Brooklyn: Troubled Sleep New York: Brooklyn: Unnameable Books New York: Brooklyn ...
Shelves on 1st floor. The Strand is a family-owned business with more than 230 employees. [5] Many notable New York City artists have worked at the store, including rock musicians of the 1970s: Patti Smith – who claimed not to have liked the experience because it "wasn't very friendly" [6] – and Tom Verlaine, [7] who was fond of the discount book carts sitting outside the store. [8]
Bluestockings is a radical bookstore, café, and activist center located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City.It started as a volunteer-supported and collectively owned bookstore; and is currently a worker-owned bookstore with mutual aid offerings/free store.