SILVER LAKE — The former home of Circus of Books, which closed on Monday after more than 30 years in operation, won’t be staying vacant for long. The shop, which specialized in gay porn, will be replaced by a medical marijuana store, according to the owners.

Karen Mason, whose family owns the store as well as the building at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Sanborn Avenue, told Curbed L.A. that a pot store called Mota, which is Spanish slang for marijuana, will be moving into the Sunset Junction space in November.

Mason, in an interview with LAist, said that the time had come to close the store that she and her husband opened in the mid-1980s:

“Everything has its hour and time. And this store has had its 31 years,” said Mason. “The time’s finally run out.” Mason added that, even though the store is closing after today, the doors will remain open tomorrow for whoever wants to drop by and buy some of the leftover items.”

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