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'''Reed Books'''/'''The Museum of Fond Memories''' owned by [[Jim Reed]], has over 35,000 titles in its inventory, all 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''', owned by [[Jim Reed]], has over 35,000 titles in its inventory, all 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 | 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]] on [[1st Avenue North]] before moving to 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 the block housing Reed Books and also [[Scott's Koneys]]. | ||
Reed Books first opened in Reed's [[Southside]] house, then to the [[Wooster Lofts]] on [[1st Avenue North]] before moving to its present location in the | |||
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Revision as of 10:09, 2 April 2007
Reed Books/The Museum of Fond Memories, owned by Jim Reed, has over 35,000 titles in its inventory, all 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 on 1st Avenue North before moving to 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 the block housing Reed Books and also Scott's Koneys.
References
- Coman, Victoria L. (January 7, 2007) "Cafe, bookstore make way." Birmingham News.
External links
- Reed Books website
- Reed Books at Magic City Moments