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Article: City Lights bookstore still going strong at 50 San Francisco icon continues to carve niche
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- June 8, 2003
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Browsing through sections marked "muckraking,"
"anarchism" and "stolen continents" may unnerve the unsuspecting book
buyer, but it's exactly the kind of attitude that has drawn patrons
to City Lights Books for decades.
"Stolen continents," for the uninitiated, captures books about
American imperialism.
The store in this city's North Beach neighborhood, made famous in
the 1950s as the epicenter of the Beat movement, celebrates a half-
century in business this month. And staff and outside observers agree
that the store is stronger than ever.
About 50,000 books are crammed into 2,200 square feet of retail
space. There are nooks and corners and plenty of spots to sit, relax ...