Community support helps Paperback Exchange turn the page after flood

A Minneapolis bookstore has found a new home after devastating flooding closed several businesses in the area, and they didn’t have to look far.

More than a year after a water main break destroyed most of its inventory, Paperback Exchange is preparing to reopen in a new location just steps away from the bookstore’s longtime home at 50th Street and Penn Avenue South.

The beloved used bookstore was devastated in February 2025, when a water main break flooded the business, destroying roughly 100,000 books and forcing it to close…

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