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NYC: 5 independent bookstores to visit for Christmas 2013

NYC: 5 independent bookstores to visit for Christmas 2013
20 December 2013
Daniel Engelke
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Daniel Engelke
20 December 2013

East Village Books 

East Village Books is the quintessential New York bookshop imag0003– tiny, low ceilings, full of eclectic and entertaining reads. Located in the heart of East Village, this little used book store specializes in classic fiction, philosophy, world religions, art, and scholarly texts.

East Village Books
(99 St. Marks Place, New York)
is open Monday – Thursday 1 PM – 11 PM, Friday 1 PM – 12 AM, Saturday 12 PM – 11 PM, Sunday 1 PM – 9 PM

 

powerHouse Arena

Located almost directly under the neighborhood’s acronym (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Underpass) powerhouse_v1_460x285the powerHouse Arena lives up to the name. At 5000 square feet and with 24-foot tall ceilings, this book amphitheater not only houses seminal texts on photography, fiction, non-fiction, and art, but also exhibitions and performances. A must for book and architecture lovers.

powerHouse Arena
(37 Main Street, Brooklyn)
is open Monday – Wednesday  10 AM – 7 PM, Thursday – Friday 10 AM – 8 PM, Saturday 11 AM – 8 PM, Sunday 11 AM – 7 PM

 

Strand Bookstore

New York City’s most notable used and new book store, The Strand, stranddecks the shelves with festive reads, stationary, and Out of Print’s literary clothing this holiday season. The three-level store boasts housing 18 miles of books, author readings by David Sedaris, James Franco, and Marina Abramovic, and hosts some holiday cheer this year with ornament making and caroling during “A Very Merry Strand Christmas Celebration” at 2 PM on December 21 & 22nd.

Strand Bookstore
(828 Broadway, New York)
is open Monday thru Saturday 9:30 AM – 10:30 PM, Sunday from 11:00 AM – 10:30 PM

 

McNally Jackson

Books and coffee is the combination McNally Jackson serves to the literati of Greenwich Village. 04-mbds-martin-brudnizki-design-studio-studio-top-spot-cafe-lightsOffering two floors of books and a locally stacked café – which offers organic milk from Hudson Valley and food from Ovenly, Balthazar, Murray’s, and Sarabeth’s – this bookshop maybe the most pleasing literary spot in the city.

 

McNally Jackson
(52 Prince St, New York)
is open Monday – Saturday 10 AM – 10 PM, Sunday 10 AM – 9 PM

 

Housing Works Bookstore

Housing Works Bookstore makes buying books a good cause. housingworksWith the entirety of proceeds supporting homeless people suffering with HIV/AIDS, each fiction, non-fiction, rare or collectible purchase helps save lives. Not to mention, it’s a more than accommodating meeting place. 

Housing Works Bookstore
(126 Crosby St, New York)
is open Monday – Friday 10 AM – 9 PM, Saturday – Sunday 10 AM – 8 PM

Daniel Engelke

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