421 SW Taylor ST

318 SW Taylor

Sellwood

Years: 1976-1990

Looking Glass Books

Photo is the Sellwood location

citations & references:

· First listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1984 (L)

· Listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1985 (L)

· Not listed in Damron Address Book/Address Guide 1986-89

· Moved to 318 SW Taylor 222-4760

· 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

· Listed in Damron Road Atlas 1994  Under:  Bookstores & Retail Shops

· Listed in Damron Road Atlas 1995 Under:  Bookstores and Retail Shops

· Listed in Damron Address Book, 1995 under Bookstores/Retail Shops

· Listed in Damron Address Book, 1996 under Bookstores/Retail Shops (WC)

· Listed in Damron Address Book, 1997 under Bookstores/Retail Shops general, some les/bi/gay titles

· Listed in Damron Address Book, 1998 under Bookstores/Retail Shops general, some les/bi/gay section

· Listed in Damron Address Book, 1999 under Bookstores/Retail Shops general, some les/bi/gay titles

· Listed in Damron’s Men’s Travel Guide 2000  Under:  Bookstores

· See article https://www.bookweb.org/news/store-week-portlands-looking-glass-bookstore,“Bookstores often inspire writers, but how often does one return the favor and pen a poem especially for the store? Looking Glass Bookstore, a 30-year-old store in downtown Portland, Oregon, served as the muse for award-winning poet Derek Sheffield, whose "In the Glass, Looking" adorns the store's bookmark. Sheffield was inspired to write the ode to the bookstore when he saw another poem, inscribed in chalk, on the sidewalk outside the store.” [March 28, 2006]

· Listed in Damron’s Men’s Travel Guide 2007 Under:  Bookstores

· Listed in Damron’s Men’s Travel Guide 2010 Under:  Bookstores

· Per article in the Oregonian: https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2011/01/southeast_portland_looking_gla.html

Southeast Portland: Looking Glass Bookstore victim of changing times

Updated: Jan. 10, 2019, 5:59 p.m. | Published: Jan. 19, 2019, 5:55 p.m.

“Looking Glass, though, has survived 38 years. For a time, it thrived in its space fronted by a red caboose at 7983 S.E. 13th Ave., in Portland's Sellwood neighborhood. The street -- also known as Antique Row -- gets plenty of foot traffic, and Looking Glass is next door to a popular She moved to Sellwood in 2007 because of a rent increase, impending city construction projects and the loss of lunch-hour foot traffic as nearby offices moved to the Pearl District.

Plus, she said, "Sellwood made sense." It's not far from Reed and Lewis & Clark colleges. "A lot of professors and students lived in the area. I looked at the neighborhood demographic studies and saw it was a well-educated neighborhood."

But after two good years, everything crashed in 2009. As the economy plummeted, so did sales. Customers became more price-conscious, and some moved to online sales and e-books.”