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126 Crosby St. New York, NY 10012

212-334-3324 

http://www.housingworks.org/usedbookc...  

126 Crosby St. New York NY 10012

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Frequented by writers like Art Spiegelman and Rick Moody, this library-esque used bookstore (mahogany wood, spiral staircases, and a 40-foot-high ceiling) counterbalances its grandness with reasonable prices. Proceeds go to homeless New Yorkers with AIDS.








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    May was a great month for the little guy--Housing Works Used Bookstore Café saw to it. Their "Live From Home" concert series staff pulled the incredible victory of nabbing Björk and the Dirty Projectors for an exclusive, cosmos-colliding benefit concert in the Soho store; the brilliant Icelandic sprite and the Brooklyn art-rockers performed a suite of original compositions by head Projector David Longstreth, raising an untoward amount of funds for Housing Works' tremendous... More »

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