Claiming to be the largest independent new and used bookstore in the world, what downtown Portland institution occupies over 68,000 sq feet of retail floor space?
Powell's Books Powell's Books Powell's Books is a chain of bookstores in Portland, Oregon, and its surrounding metropolitan area. Powell's headquarters, dubbed Powell's City of Books, claims to be the largest independent new and used bookstore in the world. Powell's City of Books is located in the Pearl District on the edge of downtown and occupies a full city block between NW 10th and 11th Avenues and between W. Burnside and NW Couch Streets. It contains over , about 1.6 acres of retail floor space. CNN rates it one of the "coolest" bookstores in the world. The City of Books has nine
The Last Bookstore contains 22,000 square feet. The Last Bookstore The Last Bookstore is an independent bookstore located at 453 S Spring Street, Downtown Los Angeles. It claims to be California’s largest new and used book and record store. The store was founded by Josh Spencer in 2005, the first incarnation was a downtown Los Angeles loft, they sold books and other things online only. Then they decided to focus on books, opened a small bookstore on 4th Street and Main Street in December, 2009. They moved to the current incarnation in the Spring Arts Tower at 5th Street and Spring Street on