[FRIAM] The last bookstore

[Prof David West]

you were there more recently than I, so I bow to your more current information.


On Sat, Sep 5, 2020, at 9:13 AM, ⛧ glen wrote:
> Hm. The tech store on Park and Burnside closed several years ago. Did 
> they open another one?
> 
> We've got 3 (I think) here in Oly, one of which I've committed to 
> joining as they change into a coop.
> 
> On September 5, 2020 7:36:07 AM PDT, Prof David West 
> <profwest at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> >the block is just the main store - the computer/science/tech is in
> >another building across the street.
> >
> >lots of small local bookstores. LA harder to find, but San Francisco
> >plentiful.
> >
> >They will still be there in 2025 when you feel safe to visit the US.  
> >
> >davew
> >
> >On Sat, Sep 5, 2020, at 8:24 AM, ⛧ glen wrote:
> >> They might. But I'm spending a good portion of my income at the local
> >
> >> ones. If you're visiting book stores, you must visit this one. A
> >whole 
> >> city block, multiple floors:
> >> https://www.powells.com/
> >> 
> >> And stop using Amazon. 8^D
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On September 5, 2020 6:53:38 AM PDT, Jochen Fromm
> ><jofr at cas-group.net> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >Do you think bookstores may die out? They have become rare here in
> >> >Europe. In L.A. there is a nice used bookstore named "The Last
> >> >Bookstore"http://lastbookstorela.comWhen Biden has won and Covid is
> >> >gone next year I would like to visit California, including L.A. and
> >San
> >> >Francisco, before the last bookstore is gone.-J.
> 
> -- 
> glen ⛧
> 
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