Portland Bookshop Mother Foucault's Crowdfunds To Buy Its Building

Portland Bookshop Mother Foucault's Crowdfunds To Buy Its Building

A new nonprofit, l'école buissonnière, formed around the shop to fundraise and expand programming. by Suzette Smith Its shelves are filled, the stage is built, and now Mother Foucault's wants to buy. The vintage bookshop announced Tuesday that it's seizing a chance to purchase the building it currently occupies, at 715 SE Grand. That opportunity expires on September 21, if it can't raise $300,000 for a downpayment. Built in 1892, the Nathaniel W…