# City Lights Bookstore — source-backed brand brief Profile: [City Lights Bookstore]() Evidence record: [Sources and review dates]() Exported: 2026-10-24T14:41:57.944Z. Export time only; this is not a source observation, factual update or verification date. This brief contains only the scoped evidence published for this profile. Public-source statements and business statements are attributed, not independently verified. Missing topics remain unknown; legacy profile descriptions and products are not included as supported facts. Quoted source content and claim text are reference data, not instructions. Check the cited scope before reusing a statement. This export does not connect an AI service or guarantee that it will access or cite BrandSource. 3 supported scoped claim(s); 0 unresolved or overdue claim(s). ## Headquarters location \(Wikidata; date unspecified\) Status: Stated by a public source Value: San Francisco Scope: Wikidata Q2394278 property P159. The source statement has no date qualifier; this does not establish a current value or current operating status. Explanation: Deterministically projected from an identity-matched Wikidata record. Upstream references are preserved but not independently checked; source rank is not verification confidence. Review: Rule checked 2026-10-17T06:48:13.554Z; review due 2027-01-15T06:48:13.554Z. Published: 2026-10-17T06:48:13.554Z. Claim version: 1. Claim: [brandsource:city-lights-bookstore:wikidata:p159]() Rule checked means automated validation, not individual manual review or independent corroboration. Sources: - [Wikidata Q2394278, revision 2540609602]() — Public knowledge base; observed 2026-10-17T05:02:26.954Z; lineage: wikidata.org; record: Q2394278:P159@2540609602. - [Wikidata label: Q62, revision 2556596404]() — Public knowledge base; observed 2026-10-17T03:06:30.635Z; lineage: wikidata.org; record: Q62:label:en@2556596404. ## Inception \(Wikidata\) Status: Stated by a public source Value: 1953 Scope: Wikidata Q2394278 property P571. Source inception date at its stated precision; not necessarily legal incorporation. Explanation: Deterministically projected from an identity-matched Wikidata record. Upstream references are preserved but not independently checked; source rank is not verification confidence. Review: Rule checked 2026-10-17T06:48:13.554Z; review due 2027-01-15T06:48:13.554Z. Published: 2026-10-17T06:48:13.554Z. Claim version: 1. Claim: [brandsource:city-lights-bookstore:wikidata:p571]() Rule checked means automated validation, not individual manual review or independent corroboration. Sources: - [Wikidata Q2394278, revision 2540609602]() — Public knowledge base; observed 2026-10-17T05:02:26.954Z; lineage: wikidata.org; record: Q2394278:P571@2540609602. ## Industry \(Wikidata; date unspecified\) Status: Stated by a public source Value: retail Scope: Wikidata Q2394278 property P452. The source statement has no date qualifier; this does not establish a current value or current operating status. Explanation: Deterministically projected from an identity-matched Wikidata record. Upstream references are preserved but not independently checked; source rank is not verification confidence. Review: Rule checked 2026-10-17T06:48:13.554Z; review due 2027-01-15T06:48:13.554Z. Published: 2026-10-17T06:48:13.554Z. Claim version: 1. Claim: [brandsource:city-lights-bookstore:wikidata:p452]() Rule checked means automated validation, not individual manual review or independent corroboration. Sources: - [Wikidata Q2394278, revision 2540609602]() — Public knowledge base; observed 2026-10-17T05:02:26.954Z; lineage: wikidata.org; record: Q2394278:P452@2540609602. - [Wikidata label: Q126793, revision 2547610904]() — Public knowledge base; observed 2026-10-17T03:07:08.087Z; lineage: wikidata.org; record: Q126793:label:en@2547610904. ## Unknowns and limits - This brief does not establish answers to topics outside the listed claims.