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Title: Bookstore porn (figurative)
Post by: yesno on March 27, 2009, 12:14:57 PM: http://www.miragebookmark.ch/most-interesting-bookstores.htm

(http://www.miragebookmark.ch/images/lello-bookstore-porto.jpg)

Bonus: Library porn: http://thenonist.com/index.php/thenonist/permalink/hot_library_smut/
Title: Re: Bookstore porn (figurative)
Post by: DoodleJump! on March 27, 2009, 01:25:25 PM: *drool runs down chin*

Wouldn't it be awesome to organize a bookstore-road-trip? Some of these are in Europe, so there would be a little more in-depth traveling involved. Hm, adding that to my "Things to Do Today" list.
Title: Re: Bookstore porn (figurative)
Post by: Trembling Eagle on March 27, 2009, 02:04:52 PM: g-stampgirl whats the origin of your username?
Title: Re: Bookstore porn (figurative)
Post by: Fido on March 27, 2009, 10:44:47 PM: I saw this library porn site someplace else, and while some of these places are pretty ridiculously ornate and maybe overdecorated by the standards of modern design, I gotta say, it was good for me.
Title: Re: Bookstore porn (figurative)
Post by: DoodleJump! on March 27, 2009, 11:35:50 PM: Quote from: Trembling Eagle on March 27, 2009, 02:04:52 PM
g-stampgirl whats the origin of your username?

:) I joined the forum shortly after my very first call, and since Tom made mention [in that call] of "green stamps" in GA, I thought "g-stampgirl" fit. I think it is kinda cheesy now, but it has served the purpose well.
Title: Re: Bookstore porn (figurative)
Post by: JonFromMaplewood on March 28, 2009, 10:49:38 AM: (http://www.juliesalmonhomes.com/agent_files/mbs4.jpg)

I am pretty in love with the bookstore in Montclair, NJ. I think it ranks right up there. I could not find any pictures online of the interior, but it is narrow and infinitely deep, with tall rows of rickety wooden shelves, new and second-hand books, and very friendly, helpful employees.
Title: Re: Bookstore porn (figurative)
Post by: yesno on March 28, 2009, 12:23:59 PM: I like that bookstore, too. For the most part I prefer used bookstores with unending piles of random weirdness to even the best new bookstores. One exception I might make is the Rizzoli store in manhattan, which is piles of new weirdness.
Title: Re: Bookstore porn (figurative)
Post by: Steve of Bloomington on March 28, 2009, 05:06:46 PM: There is some kind of punk rock librarian porn out there, though, right?
Title: Re: Bookstore porn (figurative)
Post by: masterofsparks on March 28, 2009, 05:12:57 PM: The Book Loft in Columbus, OH is cool. Sorry for the poor photo quality but these were all I could find:

(http://static.px.yelp.com/bphoto/jIUWK782-BFHkpBsSaNgZA/l)

(http://static.px.yelp.com/bphoto/xGC3nR2Ss1e8Y-3gWh4bLg/l)
Title: Re: Bookstore porn (figurative)
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on March 28, 2009, 06:13:00 PM: Jon: I also love the Montclair Book Center, and worked there in 1990 -- it's where I first discovered WFMU, as well as a lot of other awesome and now-kinda-cheesy 80s/90s underground stuff.

I petted this cat on a visit to SF a couple of years ago:
(http://www.miragebookmark.ch/images/34923531_8d3076446f_o.jpg)

And, this was taken here (http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/06/02/080602ta_talk_marx).
(http://web3.twitpic.com/img/4281299-61470e514207192c3cafb6d7e9a95213.49ce9fc7-scaled.jpg)

Yes, it's an incredibly awesome bookstore, yes, I'm bragging, and no, no one outside of this thread would or should give a shit. But I will give you an invite if you PM me (and I actually know you -- sorry, Spike). Maybe I'll even accompany you.