“My family has owned many bookstores in and around Southern California, including Heritage Book Shop and Book City, Valley Book City, Book Barons – some of the largest names in the LA book world. “I’m from a book family,” says Weinstein, who’s operated the Iliad for 35 years. I mean, I was actually thinking of closing the store, but I can’t do it with that kind of support,” he says. In fact, Weinstein, who comes from a line of booksellers, said he’d considered shuttering the shop but couldn’t after seeing the response, which included people volunteering labor and services and local restaurants sending them free meals. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) And I really didn’t want to file a claim after three days and be canceled.” The Iliad Bookshop in North Hollywood on Thursday, May 7, 2020. Because my insurance policy was literally three days old when that happened I’d just switched. “We had such an outpouring that I’ve decided just to use that money for the actual repairs and upgrades. Since news of the fire broke and the story covered on local TV, he says he’s been inundated with support from customers, locals and others who want to help. “ put up some sort of flyer with some sort of political agenda, but I don’t think it was hate oriented. Initial reports suggested the fire might have been a hate crime Weinstein says he suspects it wasn’t. “I can’t say enough nice things about the fire department.” Had they not done that I think I would have been toast,” he says. “The fire department stayed a good hour after the fire was out, putting their blowers on our doors so they blew out plenty of smoke. Weinstein, who closed the shop for a day to clear out the smoke, has reopened and is at work on repairs.
(Courtesy of Iliad Bookshop)įortunately, the fire didn’t make it inside. Luck was really on my side.” The Iliad Bookshop in North Hollywood following a fire on Nov. “They saw the fire and flagged down a passing firetruck, coincidentally. “A neighbor was going by,” Weinstein says.
“Had the fire department not come here when they did they said in a couple more minutes the whole building would have gone,” says Dan Weinstein, owner of the Iliad. The two store cats were inside as smoke began to fill the interior. Boxes of books had been pushed in front of the back door and set on fire, and a manifesto posted on the wall. 3, The Iliad Bookshop in North Hollywood was set ablaze in what appears to be an act of arson.
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