Citylights Book Store
Hours
- Sunday - Thursday 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
- Friday - Saturday 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
Location
261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133
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City Lights Bookstore is an independent bookstore in North Beach, founded in 1953. It’s known for its literary history, progressive politics, and support for counterculture movements, and has been an influential hub for writers and thinkers for decades.
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