1005 W Burnside St.  

45.523544, -122.681977 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Column at the entrance to Powell's bookstore close to the intersection of 11th Ave. and Couch St. Tiles with two letters on the ground around the column
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Historical background

Walter Powell opened Powell’s City of Books store in 1971. He was the first to apply revolutionary approaches in customer service. The store was opened 365 days a year and staffed by knowledgeable and dedicated book lovers. The founder also made an innovative decision to comingle new, used, hardcover and paperback, cheap and expensive publications of the same bookshelves. This innovation was very successful and Powell’s City of Books has grown into the largest independent bookstore of used and new books in the world. It can be easy to get lost in the City of Books: nine rooms, three floors and 3,500 sections. In fact, the building area is comparable to The White House full of more than 1,000,000 book volumes. Approximately 6,000 people walk in every day. Half of them buy something, others just hang around and drink coffee. About 80,000 book lovers browse the City’s shelves every day online.

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