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Haeundae LCT The Sharp (Korean: 해운대 엘시티 더샵) is a major urban development project in Jung-dong, Haeundae District, Busan, South Korea.Located in front of Haeundae Beach, it consists of a 411.6 m (1,350 ft), 101-floor supertall landmark tower used as a hotel, and two 85-floor residential skyscrapers.
The Monkey's Paw is an independent used bookstore in Toronto, Ontario, Canada known for its eclectic, arcane, and absurd books, and for the Biblio-Mat, a random book vending machine. [ 1 ] Owner Stephen Fowler founded The Monkey's Paw in 2006, four years after he moved to Toronto from San Francisco , where he worked in numerous bookstores.
Lichtman's, officially known as Lichtman's News and Books, was a Canadian chain of independent bookstores. [1] The company was established in 1909 with the opening of a shop in Toronto. [1] It filed for bankruptcy protection under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act in March 2000.
The comic book business split off early on, becoming The Silver Snail, originally located on the opposite side of Queen Street West. Bakka published Bakka Magazine from 1975-77. [2] The store moved in March 1998 to 598 Yonge Street in Toronto, the same building as the Glad Day Bookshop, and relocated in March 2005 to 697 Queen Street West in ...
Stephen Fowler, owner of The Monkey's Paw, and his friend Craig Small conceived of the Biblio-Mat in 2012. [2] Fowler, looking for ways to attract customers to his shop’s booth at an upcoming street fair, shared with Small his idea of painting a large cardboard box to look like a vending machine, inside of which an assistant would drop an old random book out of a slot in exchange for a coin.
Book City is a Canadian independent book store chain based out of Toronto. [1] History. Book City opened its first store in the Annex neighborhood of Toronto in 1976. [2]
Glad Day Bookshop is an independent bookstore and restaurant located in Toronto, Ontario, specializing in LGBT literature. Previously located above a storefront at 598A Yonge Street for much of its history, the store moved to its current location at 499 Church Street, in the heart of the city's Church and Wellesley neighbourhood, in 2016.
Third World Books was open for three decades, closing after Leonard's death in 1998. [1] The store was "cramped and cosy...lined with [B]lack histories, [B]lack philosophies and [B]lack calls to arms." [3] Its interior was an eclectic mash of Kathleen Cleaver and Malcolm X posters, traditional African masks, baskets and ready-made dashiki. [3]