Old Editions Book Shop
and Café - MOVED 2018
74-76 East Huron Street, Buffalo, NY
One of the country's largest open antiquarian
bookstores.
Antique artwork scattered throughout.
Exterior...........
Interior...........
Books and Art...........
Furniture - Group 1...........
Furniture - Group 2...........
Furniture - Group 3...........
Furniture - Group 4......
Furniture - Art Deco /Renaissance Revival
The four-story building has four, 5,000 sq.ft. floors plus a basement. It was built in 1897 and originally contained a police station on the ground floor and a rooming house on the upper levels. In 1913 it was purchased and occupied by a carpet retailer and in the 1920s and early-30s was occupied by an electronics company.
The building was purchased in 1933 by the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Cozzi purchased it and an adjacent two-story building in 1995. The two-story building has loading docks and parking on the ground floor and 6,000 sq.ft. of offices on the second level.
Cozzi spent $600,000 to purchase and remodel the buildings to warehouse his book collection. In 2003, he moved Old Editions from University Heights to the four-story building that fronts both E. Huron and Oak streets.
- Buffalo Rising October 5, 2012
