{"id":7730,"date":"2016-02-09T16:39:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T21:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=7730"},"modified":"2021-05-31T16:38:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T20:38:26","slug":"a-new-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=7730","title":{"rendered":"A New Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/LibraryMtg2.9.16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7731\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/LibraryMtg2.9.16.jpg\" alt=\"LibraryMtg2.9.16\" width=\"450\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/LibraryMtg2.9.16.jpg 850w, https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/LibraryMtg2.9.16-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our local well-loved and popular but shabby post-WWII Cleveland Park Library is destined for replacement, and the project has brought out library-lovers in force, many making specific requests for new features (Quiet study spaces!\u2013Better handicapped access!\u2013Net zero energy use!) and specific requests to keep what is currently beloved (Light, warmth, and coziness!\u2013Wooden shelving and furniture!\u2013Children\u2019s room memorabilia!\u2013Our terrific staff!).<\/p>\n<p>Above all, neighbors overwhelmingly requested A Building Not Like Tenley!&nbsp;(a nearby brand-new library branch modern in style but also regarded as cold, dark, noisy, hard, and uncomfortable). Instead residents hoped for a warm friendly building, whether modern or traditional, compatible with the neighborhood&#8217;s&nbsp;100-year-old farmhouse-style houses and&nbsp;the nearby art-deco theater and apartments. This is looking to be unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the design concept on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/DCPublicLibrary\/cleveland-park-library-community-meeting-2916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cleveland Park Library website<\/a>, where it is drawn considerably better than in my cartoon&nbsp;above.<\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Yahrzeit2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7660 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Yahrzeit2.png\" alt=\"Yahrzeit2\" width=\"125\" height=\"137\"><\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Dad<\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>&nbsp;<\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our local well-loved and popular but shabby post-WWII Cleveland Park Library is destined for replacement, and the project has brought out library-lovers in force, many making specific requests for new features (Quiet study spaces!\u2013Better handicapped access!\u2013Net zero energy use!) and specific requests to keep what is currently beloved (Light, warmth, and coziness!\u2013Wooden shelving and furniture!\u2013Children\u2019s<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=7730\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[100,9,22,47,17,3],"class_list":["post-7730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sketchbook","tag-architecture","tag-books","tag-comix","tag-dc","tag-penink","tag-watercolor"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7730"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9184,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7730\/revisions\/9184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}