Libros Schmibros

If you're from the neighborhood, you can borrow up to five books for a few weeks for \$1.00 apiece, a figure which Kipen admits is more of a suggested donation. But that's when something happens, he says. He'll lend the book to an adult, and sometimes they'll come back with their children; a teenager will return with his parents. The little wooden table at the center of the space can be populated by four different generations speaking four different languages, perusing everything from fine art coffee table books to Agatha Christie murders translated into Spanish.