The shop is spacious, with easily browsable rows of shelves of both new and used books, a children's room, and an event space. They also have a nice selection of locally-themed books and cards.Laurel Bookstore moved to the heart of downtown a couple years ago - away from their namesake neighborhood, but to a location that has much more foot traffic (and is near a couple BART stops.) Their current location is immediately off of Frank Ogawa/Oscar Grant Plaza, which puts them in the midst of the many protests that occur there. They seem to have embraced this aspect of their existence, as evidenced by the free copies of the constitution they were giving away (both that Friday and the following day which was the day of the Women's March - another event that passed right by their doors.) The many signs in their windows also showed support for the protest actions.
I hope they succeed in this location, and I look forward to visiting them again soon.
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The book I bought: James Baldwin's Another Country. I have an unfortunately large gap in my Baldwin-consciousness, and now seemed a good time to rectify that, especially considering the recent release of "I Am Not Your Negro," the documentary about Baldwin.
Laurel Bookstore is located at 1423 Broadway, in Oakland.
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