Not Your Ordinary Bookstore
Argentina’s El Ataneo Grand Splendid opened as a theater in 1919, later became a cinema and is now a bookstore.
Images: El Ataneo Grand Splendid, via Atlas Obscura.
Undeterred by recent bombings, London residents visit what’s left of a library during World War II.
“His hands were weak and shaking from carrying far too many books from the bookshop. It was the best feeling.”
― Joseph Gordon-Levitt, The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1
Lighting Books (by Bryce Wolkowitz)
Art critique by Tom Wolfe with a cover by Norman Rockwell, the study continues. In search of constant elevation, guided by rigorous intuition.
A walk in bookcase.
This is far more appealing than a walk in closet.