This former workshop and warehouse is located along King Street in the inner city suburb of Newtown. It was built in 1889 for James Castle & Sons Art Metal Workers, who were brassfounders and ironworkers. Gould's Book Arcade was located at this site from 1989 to 2018 but the building has remained vacant since. The new and used book shop and newsagency bought and sold books, magazines, videos, vinyl records, cassettes, CDs and memorabilia. Bob Gould had previously run the Third World Bookshop in the city since 1967. These days they have a smaller shop near the New Theatre.
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...old in Newtown.
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ReplyDeleteIndependent bookstores are becoming a rarity here. Much more common are the larger chains or downloading e-books.
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