每一座城市總有他覺得驕傲之處。可能是建築,或許是美食,也許是某座名山,更有機會是一家書店。鮑威爾書店(Powell’s City of Books)就是美國奧勒岡州波特蘭市的極端驕傲。
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書店緣起
他是值得驕傲的。電子書暢行,各種電子閱讀器輩出;人們在電腦前手機上一指就可以購買書籍而且書本自動送上門的年代,披上外套穿上鞋走出家門進入書店從書架上取下書籍來翻閱,已經是十分奢侈的行為。鮑爾書店每天讓八萬個人心甘情願走入他的大門,如投石入海,身沒在書海中, 此書店的魔力可見一斑。
書店成立於1971年,雖已有五家分店,最具規模的還是市中心的總店Powell’s City of Books。位於波特蘭市珍珠區(Pearl District)的南緣,由好幾棟建築物相連,佔據了一整個街區。自稱為一個「城市」,絕對不為過 — 想想四個樓層,總面積廣達63,174平方公尺(1,911坪),藏書超過一百萬冊…. 世界上還有哪一家獨立書店能有這樣的規模?
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比照城市分區
除了在店裡各處明顯標示顏色區塊、書籍類別,每個轉角都有詢問處(Information)讓你隨時諮詢。如果不想開口,或是喜歡自己探索,拿一份書店印製的地圖,展開四層樓的平面圖,你也可以單槍匹馬展開自己的探險旅程。
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城市探索的過程中不時會有小驚喜。例如,在書架上看見書店員工手繪書卡,推薦他們喜愛的書籍;或是在某一個轉角柱子上發現某個你喜愛的作者造訪書店的簽名;罕見書區則是你挖寶的必要去處。
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周邊商品
有收集癖好的人不妨買個印有書店商標的書袋或是馬克杯;運氣好的人還會在結帳時收到店員相贈書店紀念版書籤。想買的書太多了,沒帶信用卡錢野不夠怎麼辦?別擔心,書架邊就有一部ATM,領幾張現鈔就不怕書帶不回家。
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整座書城裡通常都是安靜無聲,最多就是書本從貨架上取下或是書籍翻閱的聲響。例外的是書店一樓的咖啡廳。研磨咖啡豆的聲響、咖啡機打奶泡的蒸氣聲從櫃檯飄向座無虛席的閱讀空間。這不是和大型書店合作的星巴克,書店附屬的咖啡館裡仍是書架層層;沿街落地窗前,人們沉浸閱讀、筆電前認真工作,甚或是閉眼打盹。
點不點咖啡都不重要,也許我在等待另一個仍沉迷書海中的友人;也許我只是逛累了,在咖啡館歇個腿,等腳不酸腿不麻之後,再次縱入寶山繼續探險去。
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Powell’s City of Books (旗艦店)
- Address: 1005 W Burnside St. Portland, OR 97209 USA
- Phone: +1 503-228-4651
- Hour: 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.
- Website: http://www.powells.com/
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