The origin of Powell’s Books is a tale of two cities—Portland and Chicago. In 1970, Michael Powell was a graduate student at the University of Chicago and opened a small bookstore in the Windy ...

The Powell’s outpost more than 150 miles from the famous City of Books can be found at the rear of the Condon Local, a retail store, coffee shop and cafe in the tiny downtown of Gilliam’s ...

Powell’s City of Books in Portland is one of the world’s largest independent bookstores, and a location travelers from far and wide come to see. For OPB’s “At Work With” series, we talk ...