Powell's City of Books

A city-block independent bookstore with over a million new, used, and rare books

The largest independent bookstore in the United States, occupying an entire city block on West Burnside. Over a million new, used, and rare books arranged in colour-coded rooms across multiple floors. The free map at the entrance is genuinely useful. Open every day of the year; the rare book room has first editions going back centuries. A Portland institution.

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