All philosophical considerations aside, I have to agree that "the wing" is freakin' ugly...
but I'm excited about the prospect of reading beside a fireplace! Hearth-crazed in West Phillips, Connie Nompelis --- Sheldon Mains <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I remember correctly, The Library Book: > Centennial History of the > Minneapolis Public Library (probably available at > most Mpls branch libraries > and downtown) noted that the reasons for building > the new library in the 60s > were: > > 1. "Experts" thought the old library was to > expensive to update to modern > fire, safety, heating/AC and space needs. > 2. The building was "old" (it was at the time of the > Gateway renewal > project) > 3. There was a need for a building to kick start > construction in the Gateway > project. > 4. Plans for a new building of some kind at 10th and > Hennepin > > A great picture of the old library at 10th and Henn > is at: > http://www.mplib.org/history/cg6.asp > as well as a brief history of the Mpls Public > Library system > > And the site on 10th and Hennepin is still a parking > lot--44 years after the > old library was torn down. > > > > YES! The first time anyone has commented on > ....why did they > > move the library to begin with? The old library > was > > beautiful....the floors were unbelievable. The > only reason I > > can come up with is they were cleaning up the > Gateway area > > and needed something to build...no one wanted them > to build > > at that time so it was done as cheap as possible. > Such a > > mistake! dorie gallagher nokomis > > > ................................. > Sheldon Mains > Seward Neighborhood, Minneapolis, Minnesota > > > REMINDERS: > 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at > http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a > member is in violation, contact the list manager at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: > http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: > http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused > Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
