[PRCo] Re: Washington: Sorry, Library Is Closed

[Herb Brannon]

I am an avid user of the combined Cleveland/Akron public library system. If
I can't find it in my 1500 volume personal library then I go to the
public library. Usually the main library in downtown Akron. Easier in and
out with free parking in the garage next door. An excellent library housed
in a building which was built for them and completed just over one year ago.
Cleveland has a multi-building main library in downtown Cleveland. However,
parking is limited and costly. If I use the Cleveland main library I drive
to the RTA Rail District Headquarter, park and take the Red Line
downtown. Going to Akron I can plan the trip to include my favorite hobby
shops (2 of them) and a drive through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. I
usually get there on I-77, Ohio Turnpike and SR8 then return via local
streets and the CV Natl Park. A nice drive both ways. The library system has
been considering closing on Sunday. So far this has not happened and I hope
it does not.
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Phillip Clark Campbell<pcc_sr at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > Mr.Brashear;
> > I saw this in the news this morning;  Seattle libraries are
> > closed this week - main, branches, website.  I guess this
> > reflects the times doesn't it.
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/us/03brfs-SORRYLIBRARY_BRF.html
> > Their main library is quite the architectural piece;  liking or
> > disliking same is a matter of taste.  One way or the
> > other it gets attention doesn't it.
> > http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Seattle_Public_Library.html
> > Most of us were weaned on libraries weren't we;  in all
> > honesty, however, it has been some time since I visited.
>
> I don't get to the Oakland library much because the hours suck for me.
> The South Side library has mostly children's books but I know now
> what's in their history files and go when I need something.
>
> I have to schedule trips to the library, now, like other attractions,
> because it's now only in hours which I am usually otherwise engaged.
>
>
>


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Herb Brannon
On America's North Coast