When Folio Books closed in February, Katerina Argyres made up her mind: “I will bring a bookstore back no matter what.”
Katerina Argyres and Isaiah Scandrette, two of the four co-owners of Noe Valley Books, pose for a portrait on Sept. 4, 2024. Photo by Junyao Yang.There has been a bookstore at 3957 24th St. between Sanchez and Noe for nearly two decades; “the bookstore across from Whole Foods,” as locals say.in 2009. Before moving there, it was located one block away, on 24th and Vicksburg streets.
When the staff learned about the closure, Scandrette recalled, he and Andrew McIntyre, an employee at the bookstore since 2014, reassured Argyres. The new staff took down the old bookshelves, cleaned, painted color swatches on the walls and decided on a dark green — a green that matches the bookcases, but isn’t “cave-like.” Argyres wants to fill the space with plants: “If you are having a bad day, you can come in and be treated to some mellow music and have plants around you to make you feel better.”
Katerina Argyres and Isaiah Scandrette talk in Noe Valley Books on Sept. 4, 2024. Photo by Junyao Yang. But the decision that took them “an inordinate amount of time” to figure out was the bookstore’s name.
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