City Lights in SF is asking for donations to help them stay afloat through the pandemic.
Links to gofundme and other ways to donate, buy books or gift certson their home page.
http://www.citylights.com/
Or, just mail them a check to:
City Lights Books
261 Columbus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94133
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on Friday, April 10, 2020 – 01:59 pm
And the people have responded
And the people have responded.
They have raised $173,000 out of a goal of $300K.
Definitely an S.F. institution worth saving.
I will make a donation; thanks for posting Mylar.
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on Friday, April 10, 2020 – 03:29 pm
In Portland, the iconic
Love City Lights, will definitely order some books from their website... always visit there when I'm in the City.
In Portland, the iconic Powell's Books was able to bring back staff after promoting online sales as a counter to Amazon.
Another place in the extended Bay area that is running a funding campaign: Deetjen's Big Sur Inn, which is on the National Historic Register.
Like so many other family-run businesses, they are struggling during this crisis.
It's one of my very favorite places to retreat to on the West coast...because I hope to return some day, I made a donation a minute ago.
https://www.deetjens.com/history.html
https://www.gofundme.com/f/jg8mr-deetjen039s-big-sur-needs-you-now?
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on Friday, April 10, 2020 – 04:50 pm
How do you spell Laurence
How do you spell Laurence Ferlinghetti??
Right down the street from carol doda
and from where I saw joe pass with my parents many years ago
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on Friday, April 10, 2020 – 04:59 pm
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Joe Pass! He recorded several albums w/ Ella Fitzgerald.
My mom was born and raised in SF and our family used to go shopping in North Beach on weekends when I was a toddler. Favorite restaurants on Broadway / Columbus were the Basque Hotels and a tiny French-Basque place called Des Alpes. The owners used to try and get me to eat things that kids never want to eat, like sweetbreads.
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on Friday, April 10, 2020 – 11:03 pm
THANK YOU!
THANK YOU!
From the Beat Museum:
"Thank You for all of the Love & Support"
"City Lights put up a "thank you" note to the neighborhood and the world on the glass of their upstairs windows right after they attained their goal of $300,000. It took only one day! This should give hope to all Beat Generation fans around the world. Everyone I've spoken to in North Beach is grateful and relieved."
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on Friday, April 10, 2020 – 11:11 pm
Nice chunk of good news.
Nice chunk of good news.
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on Friday, April 10, 2020 – 11:22 pm
We bought a few books from
We bought a few books from them earlier this year.
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on Saturday, April 11, 2020 – 12:34 am
Such good news, thanks!
Such good news, thanks!
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on Saturday, April 11, 2020 – 12:59 am
Not familiar but this is
Not familiar but this is excellence in fundraising. Congratulations.
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on Saturday, April 11, 2020 – 02:03 am
Good news, and a great
Good news, and amazing how fast they earned that dough; a great example of what a NAME will do for you.
Don't get me wrong, they earned their NAME, and they deserve the support, but so do so many other little places like it, that don't have the same NAME.
We all need to keep our eye out to help out where we can.
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on Saturday, April 11, 2020 – 11:27 am
Tell me about it. brother.
Tell me about it. brother.
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on Saturday, April 11, 2020 – 02:56 pm
Kneeds dough? in North Beach?
Kneeds dough? in North Beach?
Love City Lights ,Good to hear
now I miss a slice at Golden Boy and a set at the Saloon...
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on Saturday, April 11, 2020 – 03:42 pm
Right on slack, good looking
Right on slack, great looking family, good job.
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on Saturday, April 11, 2020 – 04:20 pm
Dough needs, dough needs...
Dough needs, dough needs...