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It would be helpful seeing the demand/usage patterns of traditional NYC libraries. If the demand is high then of course they should be preserved. If the demand is low then the natural forces of supply and demand should just take it's course.
The internet had widely replaced the function of libraries as a source of information.
It would be helpful seeing the demand/usage patterns of traditional NYC libraries. If the demand is high then of course they should be preserved. If the demand is low then the natural forces of supply and demand should just take it's course.
The internet had widely replaced the function of libraries as a source of information.
Yes, the internet has widely replaced libraries as the source of info. Books have been digitized (you can get the older digital versions for free) and so have most journals.
So I see no reason why the real estate that libraries can't be occupied for something else and I have no problem with them being mere offices in taller buildings. If that's what the market use of that real estate warrants.
If this happens, there will be no room for Children's room.
For Brooklyn Heights Library, there will be no children's room/business career center.
For Pacific Library, which is 110-year-old carnegie library gets destroy, there will no place for Girl Scouts who use this library as their meeting.
During the construction, where would they go? Some people cannot afford to take transit to nearby libraries.
Thank you for posting a photo of one of Harlem's favorite children's libraries McCombs Branch and yes it is used regularly. Even though it is housed in a low rise NYCHA building it is across the street from an elementary, middle and HS, and down the block from a daycare that includes pre k and k. There are other types of housing near it also, since that one is small that houses it.
Libraries can be housed in high rises and other structures as long as they are convenient for the public.
It may be hard for many to believe but there are many NYers that make decent salaries, and they don't live in subsidized housing. Many of these people don't have cable or internet service and they make extensive use of their local libraries for various things. They use libraries near their jobs as well as their homes.
First Donnell disappeared. Now Mid-Manhattan will be shutting down. And SIBL will disappear.
Are you aware there are noisy objections from prominent people?
Donnell (across from MoMA) will re-open within the new building, actually exactly what the OP began with.
I think the libraries closing is a terrible loss.
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