913 SW Broadway [Metro on Broadway] 222-5817 Years:  1974-1979

Moved to 1231 SW Washington Years: 1979-1999

Catbird Seat Books

Above bookmarker found in a book - no other source has been verified.

citations & references:

  • Listed in the NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/21/business/in-land-of-addictions-shelves-full-of-solace.html  (part of the article) “For most of its 15 years, the Catbird Seat bookstore in Portland, Ore., needed only a single shelf to display books on alcoholism, drug dependency and other addictive behavior. Today it devotes an entire section to such books, as do Cody's Books in Berkeley, Calif., and a Waldenbooks outlet in Danbury, Conn.

    ''We carry hundreds of those titles,'' said Deborah Robboy, owner of the Catbird Seat, ''and we still can't keep up with everything that's being published.''

    Whether the topic is alcoholism, drug addiction, incest, sexual deviations, child abuse, wife beating, gambling, or eating disorders, books and pamphlets about addictions and other psychological problems - and the recovery from those problems - are rolling off the presses in record numbers. Two so-called recovery books, ''Codependent No More'' and ''Beyond Codependency,'' both by Melody Beattie, are now on The New York Times's best-seller list. 'Bibliotherapy'

    Books on these themes have become so prevalent that they have become known in publishing circles as ''bibliotherapy,'' or the continuation of the recovery process through books. And many bookstores have established sections labeled ''Recovery'' or ''Abuse'' or ''Addiction.''

  • The Catbird Seat Bookstore. (Portland, OR) | ArchivesSpace at Western Michigan University Libraries (wmich.edu)

  • First listed in Damron Address Book, 1990 under Bookstores/Retail Shops – general bookstore with gay/lesbian section

  • Listed in Damron Address Book, 1991 under Bookstores/Retail Shops – general bookstore with gay/lesbian section

  • Listed in Damron Address Book, 1992 under Bookstores/Retail Shops – general bookstore with gay/lesbian section

  • Do not possess Damron Address Book, 1993

  • listed in Damron Address Book, 1994 under Bookstores/Retail Shops – general bookstore with gay/lesbian section

  • Not listed in Damron Address Book, 1995, 1996

  • CATBIRD SEAT, INC. in Portland, OR | Company Info & Reviews (bizapedia.com) CATBIRD SEAT, INC. is an Oregon Domestic Business Corporation filed on September 24, 1979. The company's filing status is listed as Inactive and its File Number is 139472-13. The Registered Agent on file for this company is Deborah Robboy and is located at 913 Sw Broadway, Portland, OR 97205. The company's principal address is 913 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205.
    The company has 2 contacts on record. The contacts are David Robboy from Portland OR and Deborah Robboy from Portland OR.

Ad to the LEFT is from the Clinton Street Quarterly newspaper 1979 and again in Fresh Weekly newspaper March 27, April 2, 1979. They didn’t change their ad as it appeared again the Willamette Week July 1989. Ad below is from the Just Out Newspaper, January 1, 1991.