More on civic spaces
Marc Fisher of the Washington Post has a few thoughts on a proposed new DC library.
For those not familiar with DC geography, the proposed site is about 3 blocks from the Verizon Center (home of the Washington Wizards and Capitols) and Chinatown, surrounded by swanky hotels and office buildings.
While a state of the art library facility anywhere is good for a city, I hope that this doesn't take resources or focus away from local libraries, which could be a force in some areas of DC that aren't seeing all the redevelopment dollars and boom of the Gallery Place/Chinatown area. Those are the public spaces that are most needed.
For those not familiar with DC geography, the proposed site is about 3 blocks from the Verizon Center (home of the Washington Wizards and Capitols) and Chinatown, surrounded by swanky hotels and office buildings.
While a state of the art library facility anywhere is good for a city, I hope that this doesn't take resources or focus away from local libraries, which could be a force in some areas of DC that aren't seeing all the redevelopment dollars and boom of the Gallery Place/Chinatown area. Those are the public spaces that are most needed.
posted by Patrick at 7:25 AM
1 Comments:
don't get me started on libraries...or i mean "media learning centers."
gah.
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