Located in downtown Arcadia, the once bustling street filled with small storefronts is more vacant nowadays, a sign of a bygone era. For Karen Kropp, 79, owning the bookstore has been a labor of love.

The Book Rack in Arcadia is a used bookstore that has been in operation for over 40 years. It’s among the rarer species of stores in the age of Amazon book buying and online shopping.