RT @Kerouac_Project: City Lights Bookstore (@CityLightsBooks) is 70 years old this year! Founded in 1953 as the nation's first all-paperback bookstore; their masthead says "a literary meetingplace since 1953." Buy their books at https://t.co/uckb7GzlYg. #Kerouac101 #JackKerouac #BeatGeneration https://t.co/wfOLX4LmOX

RT @Kerouac_Project: City Lights Bookstore (@CityLightsBooks) was started in 1953 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter D. Martin. Each man kicked in $500 to start the literary landmark, which now takes up three floors. https://t.co/gNC8E6yLU1 #Kerouac101 #JackKerouac #CityLights #LawrenceFerlinghetti https://t.co/Bzm7NnC45e