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City Lights Bookstore

Address   261 Columbus Avenue (near Broadway)
          San Francisco, CA  94133
Voice     (415) 362-8193
Email     staff@citylights.com
Web       https://citylights.com/

Founded in 1953 by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter D. Martin, City Lights is one of the few truly great independent bookstores in the United States, a place where booklovers from across the country and around the world come to browse, read, and just soak in the ambiance of alternative culture’s only “Literary Landmark.” Although it has been more than sixty years since tour buses with passengers eager to sight “beatniks” began pulling up in front of City Lights, the Beats’ legacy of anti-authoritarian politics and unconstrained intellectual curiosity continues to be a strong influence in the store, most evident in the selection of titles.

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book sellers       history       poetry

This entry's contact information was last verified in September of 2023.

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