City Lights Booksellers

City Lights is an independent bookstore-publisher combination in San Francisco, California, that specializes in world literature, the arts, and progressive politics.
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  • Opening hours: noon—8:00 PM
  • Email: staff@citylights.com
  • Type: Bookstore
  • Description: bookstore and publisher in San Francisco
  • Also known as: “City Lights Books”, “City Lights Booksellers & Publishers”, “City Lights Bookstore”, and “City Lights Publishers”
  • Address: 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94133

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Transamerica Pyramid and Great Star Theater.

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The Center is a pyramid-shaped 48-story modernist skyscraper in San Francisco, California, United States, and the second tallest building in the San Francisco skyline. is situated 1,400 feet southeast of City Lights Booksellers.

Theater building
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The , formerly known as Great China Theater, is a 410-seat theater located at 636 Jackson Street in . It was built in 1925 for the Chinese opera and is the last Chinese theater in any Chinatown in the United States. is situated 510 feet southeast of City Lights Booksellers.

Museum
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The is located in San Francisco, California and is dedicated to preserving the memory and works of the Beat Generation. The Beat Generation was a group of post-WWII artists who challenged the social norms of the 1950s, encouraged experimentation with drugs and sexuality, practiced various types of Eastern religion, and desired to grow as humans.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown-North Beach and Chinatown.

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in combines two adjoining neighborhoods that are culturally, politically, and aesthetically distinct, while geographically blending into each other.

Quarter
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The , centered on Grant Avenue and Stockton Street in , California, is the oldest in and is one of the largest Chinese enclaves outside .

Neighborhood
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is a hill and surrounding neighborhood in , California. It is one of San Francisco's 44 hills, and one of its original "Seven Hills". The iconic stands at the apex of .

City Lights Booksellers

Latitude
37.79764° or 37° 47′ 52″ north
Longitude
-122.40657° or 122° 24′ 24″ west
Height
30 feet (9 metres)
Wheelchair access
limited
Open location code
849VQHXV+39
Open­Street­Map ID
way 32858754
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
shop=­books
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q2394278
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“City Lights Booksellers” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

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Nearby Places

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