Place History: How Vroman's made Pasadena a literary capital

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The oldest bookstore in SoCal has always known its customers best, from tourists to Caltech professors and the diverse clientele that adores it today.

A childhood dream of mine had been to live around the corner from a well-appointed bookshop. In my college years, working as a bookseller in Century City, I understood how important a vivid book community could be. Some years back, when I moved to the San Gabriel Valley, I counted onThe store’s founder seemed to have anticipated this yearning. Like many wayfaring hopefuls, Adam Clark, an ex-railroad worker, bibliophile and photographer, was lured to California by its sense of possibility.

Their inventory attracted a range of Pasadenans — from casual browsers to local businesses stocking up on office supplies. While wealthy Easterners and Midwesterners often vacationed in Pasadena in luxe lodgings like theThe unexpected places that made literary L.A.

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