Hat tip to DCMUD for pointing me to the newest released renderings of the Shaw library. Check them out here. I think they look great! According to the DC Library’s website, construction should commence this fall, and the library should open in 2010. Thanks to all who participated in the design process and who […]
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Loading ...The Washington Business Journal reports that the National Music Center and Museum Foundation has decided to close. I regret that I never took advantage of the music center’s programs or offerings. Did anyone else?The Business Journal article references the potential for the Carnegie Library to become Washington’s central library. I think […]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...A friend passed along this latest rendering of the proposed new Shaw neighborhood library at 8th and R Streets and Rhode Island Avenue. As I’ve attended none of the meetings about the library, I have little room to complain about the designs. But geez–this is taking fugly to a new level. Check out the evolution […]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...A tree down at the Carnegie Library after yesterday’s storm.thanks, Drew.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Thanks, Drew, for photographing what appears to be a movie premier being set up at the Carnegie Library this afternoon for The Capture Of The Green River Killer.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...I just took a looksie at these plans for the proposed new Anocostia neighborhood library. While not a mirror image of the recently unveiled proposed Shaw/Watha T. Daniel Library, the Anacostia plan definitely shares some common design elements and a common aesthetic with the Shaw plan.As I said in the comments on Kevin Chapple’s forum, […]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The Washington Business Journal reports today that library administrators and Mayor Adrian Fenty’s office are seriously looking at moving most operations of D.C.’s central library–currently the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library downtown at 9th and G–to its historic home in the Carnegie Library in Mount Vernon Square. The move would necessitate expanding the Carnegie […]
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