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The existence of McMansion Hells presupposes the possibility of Public Library Heavens. Doing what @UnionHalls does but with public libraries. DMs open!

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DM pictures of a public library with a location and we'll post it! (Érik Desmazières, engraving for Borges' "Library of Babel" story)
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please enjoy this follow up thread as we are undergoing further construction
Albany Public Library (@AlbanyNYLibrary) profile pictureAlbany Public Library@AlbanyNYLibrary7 Dec 2021
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sorry, we got distracted. Here's a thread to tilda you over til we get back to regular posting teapawt.org/JudeAtwood/status/1468…
Jude Atwood (@JudeAtwood) profile pictureJude Atwood@JudeAtwood7 Dec 2021
TILDA SWINTON AS LIBRARIES: a thread Tilda Swinton as Texas Southern University's Library Learning Center
A large geometric periwinkle building

ALT A large geometric periwinkle building

Renowned actress Tilda Swinton wearing an angular periwinkle shirt and skirt.

ALT Renowned actress Tilda Swinton wearing an angular periwinkle shirt and skirt.

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Every library mentioned in @shannonmattern's first book, upress.umn.edu/book-division… - a thread:
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p.6 "The library in Fort Worth, Texas" @FtWorthLibrary
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p.6 "Syracuse, New York, ultimately built its public library in 1988 in a downtown shopping mall" @noplibrary
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p.x Brooklyn Visual and Performing Arts Library, New York, @BKLYNlibrary - never built... RIP
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I'll be adding a few most days and do a recap when done
(location determined from nytimes.com/2007/05/03/arts/…)

Arts Library Planned in Brooklyn Hits a Snag (Published 2007)

The new arts library designed by Enrique Norten that was supposed to rise like the prow of a glass ship near the Brooklyn Academy of Music now seems likely to sink.

nytimes.com
p2: "Phoenix blended a little Southwest with industrial mechanics and postindustrial media." @PhxLibrary
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sorry, technically that's pages vii and viii of the preface, I'll follow the book page numbers more closely for the rest of this.
Crandall Public Library, Glens Falls, NY @CrandallLibrary
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