{"id":10764,"date":"2011-08-10T17:32:32","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T01:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/hauntedlibrary\/?p=10764"},"modified":"2013-01-02T10:02:04","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T18:02:04","slug":"dusty-tomes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teensleuth.com\/hauntedlibrary\/?p=10764","title":{"rendered":"Dusty Tomes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/hauntedlibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/book.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10772\" title=\"book\" src=\"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/hauntedlibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/book.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"302\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MacLeod\u2019s Books in downtown Vancouver has floor to cathedral-ceiling shelves teetering with books, books stacked on the floor, on chairs, on the steps. There is a nary a computer in sight, yet with the help of an exceedingly knowledgable staff, the dreamy bookstore operates under a failsafe system of ordered chaos. Somehow, the salespeople know everything they have in stock and where to find it.\u00a0Canada\u2019s finest antiquarian bookstore has wafting, musty attic aromas and woody book smells, soft yellow light, faded Oriental carpets and wooden chairs with jewel toned cushions. It has that &#8220;mysterious bookshop&#8221; feel, good for old-fashioned\u00a0negotiating of narrow passageways and dark corners heaped with books, searching nooks and crannies for a rare treasure.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10769\" title=\"bookstore3\" src=\"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/hauntedlibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bookstore3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_178323\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/books_p.jpg\" alt=\"The last great bookshop\" width=\"201\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/\"><\/a>MacLeod&#8217;s has been in its present location since 1982: its original location burned to the ground after a Ku Klux Klan member firebombed a nearby Communist bookshop in a fire that also took down nearby MacLeod\u2019s.\u00a0Vancouver recently lost <a href=\"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/hauntedlibrary\/?p=142\">Duthie Books<\/a>, an icon in the city for 50 years.<\/div>\n<div><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.ca\/biz\/macleods-books-vancouver\">MacLeod&#8217;s Books<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<address>455 Pender St W<br \/>\nVancouver,\u00a0BC\u00a0V6B 1V2<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">(604) 681-7654<\/span><\/address>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MacLeod\u2019s Books in downtown Vancouver has floor to cathedral-ceiling shelves teetering with books, books stacked on the floor, on chairs, on the steps. 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