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City Lights Booksellers And Publishers

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  • Address: 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, United States
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  • Timings: 10:00 am - 11:59 pm Details
  • Phone: +1415-3628193
  • Time Required: 01:00 Hrs
  • Tags: Landmark, Book Shop
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This independent bookstore is a publishing and historical landmark in San Francisco. Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter D. Martin founded it in 1953. It became famous in the obscenity trials after publishing Beat Generation author Allan Ginsberg’s writings in Howl and Other Poems. This controversy would go on to make it alright to release previously banned books in the USA. Today, it’s a three storey bookstore focusing on fiction, poetry, cultural studies, world history, and politics.

How to Reach City Lights Booksellers And Publishers

  • Buses 10, 12, 41 stop at Broadway and Grant Ave.
  • Buses 8, 8BX, 41 stop at Columbus Ave and Broadway.

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  • City Lights Booksellers And Publishers Address: 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, United States
  • City Lights Booksellers And Publishers Contact Number: +1415-3628193
  • City Lights Booksellers And Publishers Timing: 10:00 am - 11:59 pm
  • Time required to visit City Lights Booksellers And Publishers: 01:00 Hrs
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  • 0.96% of people who visit San Francisco include City Lights Booksellers And Publishers in their plan

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  • 60% of people start their City Lights Booksellers And Publishers visit around 5 PM - 6 PM

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  • People usually take around 1 Hr to see City Lights Booksellers And Publishers

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