It's lights out for City Lights Book Shop
CBC
City Lights, the storied bookshop on Richmond St. that began as the backdrop for Marc Emery's own brand of activism through the 1970s and 80s, is now up for sale after nearly 50 years on the block.
Business partners Teresa Tarasewicz and Jim Capel bought the bookstore in 1992 from the pot activist-turned People's Party of Canada candidate.
"I believe we might now be the longest standing retail store in the downtown core at 46 years and in the same location," said Capel.
But every story has an end.
"We are getting a bit tired and it's time to retire," said Tarasewicz from inside the store where the books tower high on a maze of wooden shelves. "City Lights has always been a very rock and roll type of store, and our rock is just starting to slow down, as is our roll."
Tarasewicz needs double knee replacement surgery and wants to devote more time caring for her elderly mother.
"Sometimes when you just physically can't do the job anymore, you have to pull back and let somebody else explore their hopes and dreams," she said.
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