Sliding bookcases have been installed by homeowners and builders.
Anne Frank House During
World War II at the
Anne Frank House, Anne Frank hid from
Nazi persecution with her family and four other people in hidden rooms at the rear of the 17th-century
canal house, known as the Secret Annex (). The rooms were concealed by a movable, sliding bookcase built by
Johan Voskuijl. Anne Frank did not survive the war, but in 1947
her wartime diary was published.
Bars in the United States California The Speakeasy was a theater and club experience in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco that occurred in January-March 2013 that included the feature of a sliding bookcase that led to "Club 23", a bar and casino parlor. Club 23 was opened after the show, and only "select few patrons" were allowed entrance. Additional entrances included two fake walls. Bourbon & Branch is a
speakeasy-themed bar in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood that has a hinged bookcase that leads to their library. A
password is required to gain entry to the bar, and a separate one is required to gain entry to the library. Marianne's, a bar in the South of Market neighborhood in San Francisco, has a sliding bookcase that leads to a secretive second bar in the establishment named Marianne.
Other states The Parlour, a bar in
Jacksonville, Florida, has an entrance which is concealed by a sliding bookcase. It also has an unmarked alley door that has a black awning. The Back Room in
New York City has a second "hidden" bar within it concealed by a sliding bookcase. The Firehouse Hostel and Lounge in
Austin, Texas, has a sliding bookcase that leads to the bar. The bar specializes in
cocktails that were consumed during the Prohibition-era, including one named
The Last Word, a gin-based cocktail.
Bredlau Castle The Bredlau Castle in
Lake Elsinore, California has a sliding bookcase that reveals an area used to hide liquor during prohibition in the United States.
Hotels The J.W. Marriott luxury hotel in Puxi's
Tomorrow Square,
Shanghai, China has a sliding bookcase on its executive floor that leads to the building's rooftop.
Pixar Pixar's location in
Emeryville, California, had a hidden room hidden by a sliding bookcase. It was initially discovered by Pixar animator Andrew Gordon, who opened a hatch door in his office that revealed a hidden room that was designed to provide maintenance workers "access to a portion of the building's ventilation system". Gordon eventually converted the room into a full bar with furniture and carpet, and added a camera in the office aimed at the door to provide warning about anyone approaching. The space was called "Lucky 7 Lounge" and the "Love Lounge". The sliding bookcase was made operational by "a switch hidden in a bust of Shakespeare". The hidden room is shown on the DVD of
Toy Story 3 as a bonus feature, which is narrated by Gordon. ==In fiction==