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'''Reed Books'''/'''The Museum of Fond Memories''' is a used books and memorabilia store owned by [[Jim Reed]]. The store has nearly 300,000 titles in its inventory, 45,000 of which are catalogued and searchable via the internet. The Museum of Fond Memories also contains thousands of trinkets, postcards, toys, photographs, record albums, pamphlets, flyers, artifacts, and other ephemera. | '''Reed Books'''/'''The Museum of Fond Memories''' is a used books and memorabilia store owned by [[Jim Reed]]. The store has nearly 300,000 titles in its inventory, 45,000 of which are catalogued and searchable via the internet. The Museum of Fond Memories also contains thousands of trinkets, postcards, toys, photographs, record albums, pamphlets, flyers, artifacts, and other ephemera. | ||
The store is located in a 3,500-square-foot, ground-floor space in the [[O'Neill Building]] at 2021 [[3rd Avenue North]] formerly occupied by the local U.S. Government Printing Office bookstore. Reed Books first opened in Reed's [[Southside]] house, then to the [[Wooster Lofts]] | The store is located in a 3,500-square-foot, ground-floor space in the [[O'Neill Building]] at 2021 [[3rd Avenue North]] formerly occupied by the local U.S. Government Printing Office bookstore. Reed Books first opened in Reed's [[Southside]] house in [[1980]], then to the [[Wooster Lofts]] at 2923 [[1st Avenue North]] before expanding into a 5,000-square-foot, 2nd floor space at [[107-109 20th Street South|107 20th Street South]] downtown in the late 1990s. | ||
The store moved to its present location in March [[2007]] due to redevelopment plans proposed by [[Corporate Realty Development]] for [[Block 121]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* Coman, Victoria L. (January 7, 2007) "Cafe, bookstore make way." ''Birmingham News''. | * Coman, Victoria L. (January 7, 2007) "Cafe, bookstore make way." ''Birmingham News'' | ||
* Haden, Courtney (November 11, 2010) "[http://bhamweekly.com/birmingham/article-1924-the-imagination-merchants.html The imagination merchants]." ''Birmingham Weekly'' | |||
* Carlton, Bob (February 28, 2020) "This cozy little bookstore is one of Alabama’s hidden gems." {{BN}} | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:20, 8 December 2020
Reed Books/The Museum of Fond Memories is a used books and memorabilia store owned by Jim Reed. The store has nearly 300,000 titles in its inventory, 45,000 of which are catalogued and searchable via the internet. The Museum of Fond Memories also contains thousands of trinkets, postcards, toys, photographs, record albums, pamphlets, flyers, artifacts, and other ephemera.
The store is located in a 3,500-square-foot, ground-floor space in the O'Neill Building at 2021 3rd Avenue North formerly occupied by the local U.S. Government Printing Office bookstore. Reed Books first opened in Reed's Southside house in 1980, then to the Wooster Lofts at 2923 1st Avenue North before expanding into a 5,000-square-foot, 2nd floor space at 107 20th Street South downtown in the late 1990s.
The store moved to its present location in March 2007 due to redevelopment plans proposed by Corporate Realty Development for Block 121.
References
- Coman, Victoria L. (January 7, 2007) "Cafe, bookstore make way." Birmingham News
- Haden, Courtney (November 11, 2010) "The imagination merchants." Birmingham Weekly
- Carlton, Bob (February 28, 2020) "This cozy little bookstore is one of Alabama’s hidden gems." The Birmingham News
External links
- Reed Books website
- Reed Books at Magic City Moments
- Interview with Jim Reed on Tapestry