Read DNAinfo's conversation with Doeblin, or listen to the podcast below or on iTunes.Įmily Frost: You started your career by selling books at Papyrus on 114th Street and Broadway in the early 1980s. What was the neighborhood like back then?Ĭhris Doeblin: It was much more remote and disconnected from the rest of Manhattan. "We wanted to blow it out and say, 'We can do this.We have to take risks. UPPER WEST SIDE - Book Culture owner Chris Doeblin has lived in the neighborhood for more than three decades, and during that time he's seen many independent book shops pushed out by larger chains and the advent of e-books, he said.īut by opening his newest outpost on an expensive stretch of Columbus Avenue, Doeblin believes he's changing the narrative. Crown Heights, Prospect Heights & Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens & Red Hook.
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