No es poca cosa para una librería independiente el permanecer en el negocio durante los momentos en que incluso las cadenas gigantes se han desmoronado. Es una maravilla cuando una librería completamente nueva surge y forja su destino contra la tendencia general de la caída. Tal milagro se produjo en medio del Downtown Arts District en 2011, cuando Last Bookstore abrió sus puertas, bibliófilos y transeúntes se maravillan con su interior espacioso, muy bien diseñado, lleno de ediciones nuevas y usadas de todos los géneros. Cuenta con precios asequibles, personal amable y una gran colección, que cambia continuamente, la librería se posicionó rápidamente entre los destinos más populares del centro de Los Ángeles.

This shop is one of the best independent bookstores in Los Angeles. It is a general bookstore with an emphasis on literary fiction, books on cinema and Los Angeles, and cult and alternative selections. There are frequent book signings as well as a monthly discussion group. It has the feel of a real community bookstore and it is; the local Los Feliz residents pop in here on a regular basis. Recent book readings and signings have been by names such as Aimee Bender and Zadie Smith.

By entering the legendary Amoeba Music, you are entering a heavenly pantheon of all things entertainment. Vinyl aficionados pour in in droves for Amoeba's epic record selection. The CD collection is nothing short of gargantuan, boasting more titles than you are likely to see anywhere else, and representing more styles of music than most people know exist. DVDs are plentiful, as are posters, toys and other rock-n-roll related memorabilia. On select evenings, Amoeba hosts an ongoing concert series (with big-name touring acts slumming it on the tiny in-store stage). Don't leave without one of Amoeba's trademark t-shirts, now a must-have Hollywood souvenir.