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Article: Oakland's Walden Pond Books is a rare find
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- September 28, 2008
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There's a special, unpolished feeling about Walden Pond Books,
and it's not the Oakland store's huge inventory that spills onto the
sidewalk. It's the creaking wooden floor.
Walk through this book emporium at 3316 Grand Ave. and the boards
beneath your feet sound of history, survival and all good things new
and used. This isn't some sterile chain bookstore where you can eat
off the front counter and see your reflection in the tiled floor.
Walden Pond Books has lived a bit, and its weathered wooden look
creates a comfortable atmosphere for browsing through tons of books
as you saunter between the tall stacks.
Walden Pond has had only one owner, Marshall Curatolo, 80, who
opened the store in ...