In the quaint little town of Lewisburg, not far off the river bridge, sits a bookstore. It is not very big, by any means, but the story behind it warms… read more →
A trip to the Susquehanna Valley Mall is a far cry from the scenes you might conjure up from movies like Clueless or Mallrats. The mall, which contains very little… read more →
Lewisburg is what historians have classified as a “Pennsylvania Town”, a distinct town layout developed in Colonial, central Pennsylvania. The classic form has a main street with a town square… read more →
As someone who isn’t a huge book reader, I sure do love them, and the flashyness of BAM! Really caught my eye. The bright colors as you enter the store… read more →
When you drive into Selinsgrove for the first time and see the almost Victorian style architecture, the quaint, locally-owned storefronts, and even the lamposts adorned with flowers, you can see… read more →
The town of Lewisburg was cast in grey and rain the day my group went to visit Mondragon. The local businesses each provided their own versions of warmth for the… read more →
As an outsider looking in, literally, (because it was closed the day we went to see it), Bible Depot is not like a regular bookstore; it’s comprised of memorial supplies,… read more →
Growing up I attended church every Sunday, though, being as young as I was, I was stuck in Sunday school. Now, I have not set foot in a church for… read more →
It’s been almost four years since I was last in the quiet town of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. The streets are spacious and the buildings stand tall and colorful in a variety… read more →
Walking down Lewisburg’s Market Street, I felt oddly as if I’d stepped into a book: someplace more characterful, alive, and poignantly imperfect than most of standardized America these days. The… read more →
Home to Bucknell University, the small town of Lewisburg has found its label as a college town. With that title comes a great deal of pressure; what is going to… read more →
Growing up in a suburban town kept me close to home and I usually never went out. In my area there are shops close buy but you have to utilize… read more →
Growing up and living in Maine, roughly a nine hour drive from here, I had never heard of Sunbury let alone am I familiar with the neighborhood at all. Although… read more →
The Big Blue Building While Sunbury might be considered a small town in central Pennsylvania, this community has many “hidden” gems throughout its land. Although, some of these finds may… read more →
In 1868, Henry G. Schwartz, the architect responsible for many of the houses lining South Third Street in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, drew up designs for, and subsequently went about building, the… read more →
Living in Elysburg, only a short twenty-minute drive away from Sunbury, I have always been considerably familiar with the area. Growing up, I sang in choir performances at the Zion… read more →
A bookstore is a distributor of literature and culture (Tebbel, 1975). The place and operational strategy of the bookstore will determine the effectiveness of distributing literature as well as making… read more →
It’s a cold, rainy afternoon, and as I walk onto Selinsgrove’s Market Street for the first time in my college career, I notice how quiet it is. The few people… read more →
Throughout the country there is a corporate bookstore known as Books A Million that has locations scattered across in common sense places such as large shopping centers like the Crossings,… read more →
In the thirteen minutes we had before the parking meter ran out, my group and I hastily walked up and down the blocks of S 3rd Street surrounding Comics Metropolis… read more →
As a book-lover and strong supporter of retail therapy, I have to say that I was a little excited to leave campus on a typically busy Wednesday afternoon to find… read more →
Every county has at least one small town that strives to keep their original physique buzzing. Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, a charming riverside town holds a beautiful strip with locally owned restaurants,… read more →
Established in 1978, the Susquehanna Valley Mall, located in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, offers over 50 stores and services to areas within a 45-mile radius. Located on along the side of the… read more →
Growing up in Selinsgrove I can remember taking countless trips to the Susquehanna Valley Mall. It was never a large scale mall, but it had the common stores that people… read more →
Settled on the edge of what is now known as the “college town” of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, sits the used book store, Mondragon Books. If you walked by it too fast,… read more →
The idea of driving to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania seems like a hassle to most Susquehanna University college students because it is a whopping twenty-five minute drive to get there. Admittedly, I… read more →
If you ever find yourself driving along 147 in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, you’ll notice at least two things: the giant wall that keeps the river out of the town and the… read more →
Fit snug between a hair dresser’s and one of my favorite restaurant’s BJ’s, is a small independent bookstore named D.J. Ernst Books. This bookstore fits perfectly into the small, quaint… read more →
Situated between a hair dresser’s and a BJ’s is a small independent bookstore located at 27 N Market Street in Selinsgrove. D.J. Ernst Books has been selling used and rare… read more →
Square Books is a bookstore located in the heart of the south, Oxford, Mississippi. The store opened in the September of 1979, founded by both Richard and Lisa… read more →