The Community Bookstore gets touched up; enters annual summer slumber
Josh Guttman | July 23, 2007
The mysterious neighborhood relic that is The Community Bookstore at Court and Warren entered it’s annual summer slumber on July 16th, closing until September, but not before some much-needed renovations. …or at least a start to those renovations. Construction workers could be seen working after hours well into the night last week, stripping and rebuilding the wood awning that faces both Court and Warren. It took them a considerable amount of time to replace the handful of panels, though judging by how long it took for the owner to decide to fix the decrepit panels, I’m guessing he didn’t hire the most experienced crew. I saw them working three consecutive nights without much progress. Then, true to the hand-scribbled sign on the door, the store closed for the summer last Monday and the partially finished awning, replete with unfinished wood panels were left to sit. Rumor has it, the owner of the store actually owns the building. I spoke with him briefly while the workers were there and he mentioned he was traveling to France to visit his daughter for the summer. Bon voyage. See you in the fall.
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Josh,
Haven’t you ever heard the extrapolation of the old adage, “You can’t judge a book(store) by its cover?
Yuk-Yuk
GT