Powell’s to reopen more rooms at its flagship City of Books store By Amy Wang, oregonlive.com
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PORTLAND Readers who love wandering the aisles at Powell’s City of Books are about to get more room to roam.
Powell’s Books said in a statement Thursday that it will expand operations at its flagship store on Burnside Street starting today , reopening the Purple and Red Rooms on the store’s second floor to public browsing.
“Since the holidays, we have continued our focus on expanding store operations. And so, it is with great excitement that we’re taking this next step towards fully reopening our flagship store location. We can’t wait to see customers wandering the aisles once again in our Purple and Red Rooms,” Powell’s Books owner and president Emily Powell said in the statement.
Powell’s will reopen more rooms to the public at its flagship City of Books store downtown
Updated Feb 25, 2021;
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Readers who love wandering the aisles at Powell’s City of Books are about to get more room to roam.
Powell’s Books said in a statement Thursday that it will expand operations at its flagship store on Burnside Street starting Friday, reopening the Purple and Red Rooms on the store’s second floor to public browsing.
“Since the holidays, we have continued our focus on expanding store operations. And so, it is with great excitement that we’re taking this next step towards fully reopening our flagship store location. We can’t wait to see customers wandering the aisles once again in our Purple and Red Rooms,” Powell’s Books owner and president Emily Powell said in the statement.
this story has been updated.
Far-right provocateur Andy Ngo has few fans in Portlandâand his forthcoming book has only made his opponents louder.Â
In an email toÂ
Portland Monthly, journalist Tuck Woodstock called out what they see as a clear pattern of harassment and online abuse by Ngo.
âOver the last several months, Andy has used his massive social media platform to target dozens of journalists and protesters, sharing their identifying information with his 762K twitter followers alongside inflammatory and often false captions,â they write. âThis has happened to such an extent that protest attendees started making, âI got doxed by Andy Ngo and all I got was this t-shirtâ-style merch.
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Powell s Books responds to protest over book release KATU Staff
Powell s Books responded to criticism regarding the release of a controversial book.
Protesters gathered outside their flagship store on West Burnside Street Monday after it was noted that Powell s would continue to sell Andy Ngo s new book.
Ngo, a conservative writer from Portland, has made headlines in the past for covering protesters and documenting the unrest in the Rose City. As his new book is slated to be released by Hachette Book Group, a protest was held outside the Powell s Books location in the Pearl District.
KATU crews at the scene spoke to several people in the crowd, many who said they felt the book was racist and that the book shop was supporting racism.