▁the ▁police ▁and ▁the ▁National ▁Guard ▁as ▁protest s ▁broke ▁out ▁on ▁Te legraph ▁Avenue ." ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁Mario ▁Sav io ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁cl erk ▁at ▁the ▁Te legraph ▁Avenue ▁store . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁the ▁C od ys ▁sold ▁the ▁store ▁to ▁Andy ▁Ross , ▁who ▁owned ▁it ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁ ▁C ody ' s ▁was ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁its ▁extensive ▁selection ▁of ▁literary , ▁political , ▁and ▁scholar ly ▁titles . ▁ ▁On ▁February ▁ 2 8 , ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁unknown ▁persons ▁threw ▁a ▁fire b omb ▁through ▁the ▁window ▁of ▁the ▁store . ▁It ▁was ▁thought ▁that ▁this ▁was ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁prominent ▁display ▁of ▁Sal man ▁R ush die ' s ▁The ▁Sat an ic ▁Vers es , ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁b anned ▁by ▁a ▁fat wa ▁by ▁Iran ian ▁cler ics ▁one ▁month ▁prior . ▁An ▁und eton ated ▁pipe ▁bomb ▁was ▁subsequently ▁discovered ▁in ▁the ▁store . ▁In ▁response ▁the ▁staff ▁un anim ously ▁voted ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁book ▁on ▁display ▁despite ▁the ▁attack ▁and ▁the ▁increasing ▁willing ness ▁of ▁chain ▁book st ores ▁to ▁bow ▁to ▁pressure ▁to ▁withdraw ▁it . ▁ ▁C ody ' s ▁pione ered ▁a ▁well - reg arded ▁author - reading ▁series . ▁Some ▁prominent ▁authors ▁and ▁not ables ▁who ▁appeared ▁at ▁C ody ' s ▁were : ▁Tom ▁Rob b ins , ▁Norman ▁Mail er ,