The New York Times Style Magazine offers an in-depth, appreciative story about Three Lives & Co., the wonderful Greenwich Village bookstore founded in 1978 and owned by Toby Cox. In addition to a history of the store and why it is beloved, the piece includes a reproduction of an Edward Hopper painting of the building's exterior in 1927, when it was a drug store.
The concluding paragraph of the story sums up the charm of Three Lives & Co.: "When the sun falls in just the right way, Three Lives can look like a bookshop invented by a Hollywood designer. It is the bookstore of your dreams, the deliciously perfect version of a New York independent business, alive with the excitement of customers and a reassuring reminder that true romance does still exist in New York retail."