An interesting paragraph in a recent Seattle Times article regarding the famous Seattle Elliott Bay Bookstore: "Yesterday a survey of literacy in 64 cities confirmed what Seattle bookworms have long suspected. It named Seattle as one of the country's two most-literate cities, edged out for No. 1 only by Minneapolis." Here is the link: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/PrintStory.pl?document_id=135236750&zsection_id=268448406&slug=literate11&date=20030711
A question for you long-time Minneapolis residents: Did Minneapolis ever have a flagship-type bookstore similar to Elliott Bay? When I moved here in 1978, it was downtown Minneapolis B. Dalton, but somehow it does not seem comparable. Bill Dooley Kenny (next to Lynnhurst and the high-circulation Washburn Public Library) TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
