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I'm in love with this library on so many levels. First is the building itself, which was built in 1912 and is a perfect example of the arts and crafts period. Second, it was a gift from Andrew Carnegie, who lived and worked in my hometown of Pittsburgh, PA, and gave so many libraries to the country. Third, the interior is graced with warm old wood from the same period. Fourth, it's full of books! Beyond that are free wifi, excellent places to set up your laptop, a comfy fireplace grouping, friendly, helpful people, a kiddie splash area (outside, of course), and many more amenities. Just a wonderfully pleasant and inviting place to be.
The herbarium building I work in is old, I call it 'living urbex'. Plans are made to renovate. In the coming months I will try to capture as much as possible of what is there....
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
32nd President of the United States
1882-1945
Library and Museum
Hyde Park, NY
It was explained to me that one couldn't borrow a book for home here, it wasn't that sort of library; one had to order a specific book or material on a subject and read / study it in one of the Reading Rooms.
VISUAL LIBRARIES - Leave your Mark.
A collaborative, visual project which encourages you to sign out a Visual Library Book and ‘Leave Your Mark’.
A Visual Library Book is whatever you want it to be, a sketchbook, a journal, a diary, a notepad.
You can ‘Leave Your Mark’ in whatever way you want, ranging from drawing, writing, sewing, adding photographs, markings, printing and sticking. How you make your marks is entirely up to you. All we ask is that you have fun with the different themes. Just borrow it on your library card with other books and materials. If you are not already a member, just ask the staff to help you.
45 Visual Library Books have been placed in Portsmouth Central Library and each has its own theme ranging from; Portsmouth, My City, When I Open My Eyes, Whilst I Was Waiting, Love, What’s in My Pocket and Memories. The intention is for you to feel free to explore the Visual Library Books and choose a theme that you like.
In Association with: Rhodia, Seawhite, Portsmouth City Council, University of Portsmouth, COPIC Pens
For Further Details: claire.sambrook@port.ac.uk
The library is huge with much variation regarding the display and shelving of books. Here's a view of some stacks in the adult section.
May Library, Arapahoe Library District, Colorado serves a diverse community with collections in several languages. Additional community support is evident in the large community rooms, mobile computers and children’s and teen areas.
Group3 Planners created the layout of the library and selected the furniture.
Group3 Planners plans and designs libraries. Learn more about Group3 Planners and our other projects at www.group3planners.com
Photos by Group3 Planners
Seattle Public Library - Central Library on 4th Ave. Designed by Rem Koolhaas (of the Netherlands) and Joshua Ramus (originally from the Seattle area).
More building facts
From May. I like the dapper old bloke in the hat and sunglasses giving a gangster pose. Bit of trivia Stamford Hill Library is the highest point in Hackney at 33m above sea level
Each year Mic Corely comes to the library and puts on an amazing magic show! It's always a big hit with the kids!
May Library, Arapahoe Library District, Colorado serves a diverse community with collections in several languages. Additional community support is evident in the large community rooms, mobile computers and children’s and teen areas.
Group3 Planners created the layout of the library and selected the furniture.
Group3 Planners plans and designs libraries. Learn more about Group3 Planners and our other projects at www.group3planners.com
Photos by Group3 Planners
This is the Hesburgh Library at Notre Dame. The Word of Life mural is undergoing maintenance this year. This was my first use of the Super Topcon 65mm lens on 4/5. I built an adapter lens board to hold the Horseman VH lens boards on the Speed Graphic. This lens was intended for the Horseman VH series cameras, however, its image circle will almost fill 4x5 (vignietting not shown here may have been from my yellow filter.) This is a late in the day photo. The lighting was not great, however, I wanted to test the new adapter.
Photographed on Kodak Tri-X 320 4x5 using a Graflex Speed Graphic. This was a test for a lens board adapter to adapt my Horseman VH-R lenses to the Speed Graphic Board. Here I used a Horseman Topcor 65mm lens at f/32.
One of the oddities about old reference books is that, half the time, they turn out to have belonged to some institution or another - for who else would have bought them in the first place? Sometimes, rather esoteric ones. "Property of GCHQ Library", indeed.
You have to wonder quite what use this saw, on a shelf in an office in the middle of the Cold War; it's certainly well-thumbed.
(I am fairly sure the "Restricted" blurb at the top is now obsolete - this book was published four decades ago, after all, and they did discard it! - but it makes the stamp that bit more amusing)
Collection: A. D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
Accession Number: 15/5/3090.01377
Title: Mount
Style: Late Gothic
Provenance: Gift of Andrew Dickson White
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/5tk7
There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.
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The herbarium building I work in is old, I call it 'living urbex'. Plans are made to renovate. In the coming months I will try to capture as much as possible of what is there....
Christina hosted a special slumber party just for girls! Movies, games, and all kinds of fun activities kept some of them up all night!