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British Library book store, Woolwich in south east London, UK. Books awaiting a reader. Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 fisheye lens.
Prompted by Bradley, here's another bookstack.
Missing a couple, including The Great Gatsby by FSF(not sure where it went), Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn, and Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo.
Oblivion - David Foster Wallace
Charlatan - Pope Brock
Black Postcards - Dean Wareham
The Beautiful and Damned - F. Scott Fitzgerald
To The Last Man - Jeff Shaara
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
All For A Few Perfect Waves - David Rensin
The Tenderness of Wolves - Stef Penney
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The courtyard at the centre of the British Museum was one of Londons long-lost spaces. Originally an open garden, soon after its completion in the mid-nineteenth century it was filled by the round Reading Room and its associated bookstacks. Without this space the Museum was like a city without a park. This project is about its reinvention.
In terms of visitor numbers over five million annually - the British Museum is as popular as the Louvre in Paris or the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In the absence of a centralised circulation system this popularity caused a critical level of congestion throughout the building and created a frustrating experience for the visitor. The departure of the British Library to St Pancras provided the opportunity to clear away the bookstacks and to recapture the courtyard to give the building a new public focus. The Great Court is entered from the Museums principal level, and connects all the surrounding galleries. Within the space - the largest enclosed public space in Europe - there are information points, a bookshop and a cafe. At its heart is the magnificent space of the restored Reading Room, now an information centre and library of world cultures, which for the first time in its history is open to all. Broad staircases encircle the Reading Room and lead to a gallery for temporary exhibitions with a restaurant above. Below the level of the Court are the new Sainsbury African Galleries, an education centre, and facilities for schoolchildren.
The glazed canopy that makes all this possible is a fusion of state-of-the-art engineering and economy of form. Its unique geometry is designed to span the irregular gap between the drum of the Reading Room and the courtyard facades, and forms both the primary structure and the framing for the glazing, which is designed to maximise daylight and reduce solar gain. As a cultural square, the Court also resonates beyond the confines of the Museum, forming a new link in the pedestrian route from the British Library to Covent Garden and the river. To complement this civic artery, the Museums forecourt has been freed from cars and restored to form a new public space. Like the Great Court it is open to the public from first thing in the morning to early evening, creating a major amenity for London.
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British Library book store, Woolwich in south east London, UK. The books are being moved, hence the empty shelves. Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 fisheye lens.
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File name: 08_02_005909
Box label: Boston Public Library: Johnson building: Construction: May-Oct 1972 (loose items)
Title: Books on shelves, Boston Public Library Johnson building construction, July 1972
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Date created: 1972-07-25
Physical description: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
Genre: Gelatin silver prints; Progress photographs;
Subjects: Boston Public Library; Public libraries; Building construction; Interiors; Bookstacks
Notes: Title supplied by cataloger.
Provenance:
Statement of responsibility: Abbott-Boyle Photographers, 361 Massachusetts Ave. Arlington, Mass.
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Copyright Abbott-Boyle Construction Photographers Incorporated.
File name: 08_02_005920
Box label: Boston Public Library: Johnson building: Construction: May-Oct 1972 (loose items)
Title: Book stacks in place, Boston Public Library Johnson building construction, October 1972
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Date created: 1972-10-13
Physical description: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
Genre: Gelatin silver prints; Progress photographs
Subjects: Boston Public Library; Public libraries; Building construction; Interiors; Bookstacks
Notes: Title supplied by cataloger.
Provenance:
Statement of responsibility: Abbott-Boyle Photographers, 361 Massachusetts Ave. Arlington, Mass.
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Copyright Abbott-Boyle Construction Photographers Incorporated.
Originally an indoor gym, I now eat the majority of my meals here. This picture makes it look a lot cooler than it actually is...
The bookstacks flank the 2 Storey Reading Room and have both stationary and mobile shelving on every level.
Tappe Architects (Library Architect)
Moseley Architects (Architect of Record)
John Portman Associates (Design Architect)
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British Library book store, Woolwich in south east London, UK. Looking down onto the ground floor. The building used to be an armaments factory. Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 fisheye lens.
As the shelves empty and the library closes its doors, we all file through and mourn the silence.
Leica M6 with Canon 35mm f2 LTM
Ilford Delta 3200
Developed in Kodak Xtol
Scanned on Epson V500
Cleaned and tweaked in Photoshop CS3
File name: 08_02_005741
Box label: Boston Public Library: Branches (loose items)
Title: Roslindale
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Date created: 1939
Physical description: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
Genre: Gelatin silver prints
Subjects: Boston Public Library. Roslindale Branch Library; Public libraries; Bookstacks
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Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Rights status not evaluated.
British Library book store, Woolwich in south east London, UK. An overall monochrome appearance, punctuated by splashes of colour from the books' covers.
British Library book store, Woolwich in south east London, UK. Very few people work in the building. The books are left in peace. Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 fisheye lens.
File name: 08_02_005919
Box label: Boston Public Library: Johnson building: Construction: May-Oct 1972 (loose items)
Title: Book stacks in place, Boston Public Library Johnson building construction, October 1972
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Date created: 1972-10-13
Physical description: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
Genre: Gelatin silver prints; Progress photographs
Subjects: Boston Public Library; Public libraries; Building construction; Interiors; Bookstacks
Notes: Title supplied by cataloger.
Provenance:
Statement of responsibility: Abbott-Boyle Photographers, 361 Massachusetts Ave. Arlington, Mass.
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Copyright Abbott-Boyle Construction Photographers Incorporated.
Large bookstack replicas, located at the Library TRAX light rail stop, outside the SLC Public Library in downtown Salt Lake City.
Taken during lunch break, ULA conference Day 1.
File name: 06_03_000252
Call no.: T.R. Cab. 5.4 Vol. 2
Title: Special Libraries: west corridor, completed, construction of the McKim Building
Creator/Contributor: McKim, Mead & White (architect)
Date created: 1894 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 photographic print : silver print
Summary: Completed west corridor, special Libraries floor, showing nine alcoves left to center, arched doorways at end of room, right, barrel vaulted ceiling
Genre: Photographic print
Notes: Image from: Public library building Copley Square : photographs of progress of the work Jan. 3, 1890 to completion
Subjects: Public libraries; Vaults (Architecture); Bookstacks; Arches; Boston Public Library
Collection: Trustees’ Library
Location: Boston Public Library, Rare Books Department
Rights: No known restrictions
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File name: 08_02_005908
Box label: Boston Public Library: Johnson building: Construction: May-Oct 1972 (loose items)
Title: Book stacks in place, Boston Public Library Johnson building construction, October 1972
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Creator/Contributor:
Date issued:
Date created: 1972-10-13
Physical description: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
Genre: Gelatin silver prints; Progress photographs;
Subjects: Boston Public Library; Public libraries; Building construction; Interiors; Bookstacks
Notes: Title supplied by cataloger.
Provenance:
Statement of responsibility: Abbott-Boyle Photographers, 361 Massachusetts Ave. Arlington, Mass.
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Copyright Abbott-Boyle Construction Photographers Incorporated.
