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The iconic City Lights bookstore in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood reopened this week and the world-renowned business has a whole lot of donors to thank.
Once they closed the doors because of the coronavirus pandemic, reopening them was anything but a sure thing. So, the independent bookseller decided to hold a fundraiser.
"In the first part of the shutdown, we had absolutely no income," City Lights Executive Director Elaine Katzenberger said. "The goal that we set was $300,000. I think that in one day we raised more than that. By the end, it was just about half a million (dollars)."
A reported 9,000 people helped raise the money.
Now, they’re good to bring staff back and to stay open, at least through the end of the year.
City Lights quietly opened at the start of the week. The word is spreading.
City Lights remains a favorite meeting place for progressive artists and thinkers.