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I do love libraries… The Kelly Library, University of Toronto

I do love libraries…

The Kelly Library, University of Toronto

High-res Notes: 1 11/9/12 — 1:48pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZMDc9xWwy5Wd Filed under: #books  #library  #University of Toronto  #creative commons  #cc by laurelrusswurm 
Lillian H. Smith Branch: Toronto Public Library Found this amazing Art Deco Library on College Street in Toronto… you could have knocked me over with a feather when I found the cornerstone… it was built in 1994!  How cool is that? 

Lillian H. Smith Branch: Toronto Public Library

Found this amazing Art Deco Library on College Street in Toronto… you could have knocked me over with a feather when I found the cornerstone… it was built in 1994! 

How cool is that? 

High-res Notes: 1 9/9/12 — 3:53pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZMDc9xT4qPy1 Filed under: #library  #toronto  #Architecture  #books  #creative commons  #CC by-sa laurelrusswurm 
nypl: “The library is every child’s lighthouse. It is every person’s sanctuary. It is every town and county’s fortress in the face of ignorance, intrusion and bad behavior.” - Amy Bloom It’s Sunday, a great day to read the books you picked up at the library yesterday!

nypl:

“The library is every child’s lighthouse. It is every person’s sanctuary. It is every town and county’s fortress in the face of ignorance, intrusion and bad behavior.”

- Amy Bloom

It’s Sunday, a great day to read the books you picked up at the library yesterday!

Source: nypl
High-res Notes: 258 9/9/12 — 3:46pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZMDc9xT4oEEV Filed under: #library  #Amy Bloom 
Carnegie Free Library ~ Elmira, ON

Carnegie Free Library ~ Elmira, ON

High-res 7/13/12 — 12:32am Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZMDc9xPFVjoM Filed under: #carnegie  #library  #creative commons  #CC by-sa laurelrusswurm 
This is the first time I’ve seen the Digital Bookmobile

This is the first time I’ve seen the Digital Bookmobile

High-res 6/24/12 — 3:05pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZMDc9xO1cYY6 Filed under: #CC by-sa laurelrusswurm  #Victoria Park ~ Kitchener  #books  #creative commons  #library  #KW Multicultural Festival 
The building is no longer in use as an open plan library, so inside it has been partitioned into office space.  Since this my walk down memory lane, I’ve only photographed recognizable old library bits. And I’d like to say “Thanks!” to the Habitat for Humanity folks for inviting me inside to take a few photographs.  

The building is no longer in use as an open plan library, so inside it has been partitioned into office space.  Since this my walk down memory lane, I’ve only photographed recognizable old library bits.

And I’d like to say “Thanks!” to the Habitat for Humanity folks for inviting me inside to take a few photographs.  

High-res 6/18/12 — 5:13pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZMDc9xNf8WHY Filed under: #Habitat for Humanity  #Waterloo Public Library  #creative commons  #CC by-sa laurelrusswurm  #Carnegie  #library  #40 Albert Street 
The Albert Street Waterloo Public Library would probably have been the only place, outside of church, where I was exposed to decorative stained glass windows as a child. 

The Albert Street Waterloo Public Library would probably have been the only place, outside of church, where I was exposed to decorative stained glass windows as a child. 

High-res Notes: 1 6/18/12 — 4:53pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZMDc9xNf3QnA Filed under: #stained glass  #Waterloo Public Library  #Habitat for Humanity  #Carnegie  #library  #books  #creative commons  #CC by-sa laurelrusswurm 
When we went to the library, most often I would be deposited in the basement children’s section, but sometimes I got to go upstairs to the adult section with my Dad. While Dad would do whatever it was he was there to do, he’d settle me at one of the grown up tables with a book containing pages and pages of Dennis the Menace cartoon strips.  Nirvana. 

When we went to the library, most often I would be deposited in the basement children’s section, but sometimes I got to go upstairs to the adult section with my Dad.

While Dad would do whatever it was he was there to do, he’d settle me at one of the grown up tables with a book containing pages and pages of Dennis the Menace cartoon strips. 

Nirvana. 

High-res 6/18/12 — 4:47pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZMDc9xNf1uUZ Filed under: #Waterloo Public Library  #Habitat for Humanity  #Carnegie  #library  #Architecture  #books  #Dennis the Menace  #creative commons  #CC by-sa laurelrusswurm 
Decorative wood mouldings like these, still found in the 40 Albert Street building today, were considered “old fashioned” in the concrete, glass and plastic worshipping 1960’s.

Decorative wood mouldings like these, still found in the 40 Albert Street building today, were considered “old fashioned” in the concrete, glass and plastic worshipping 1960’s.

High-res Notes: 1 6/18/12 — 4:41pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZMDc9xNf0NpJ Filed under: #Waterloo Public Library  #Habitat for Humanity  #Carnegie  #library  #creative commons  #CC by-sa laurelrusswurm 
I’ve often wondered why I love the architecture of old buildings so much, since my early world was populated with a modern house, elementary school and church.  Looking back now, I think the architecture of this library played a pretty big part.

I’ve often wondered why I love the architecture of old buildings so much, since my early world was populated with a modern house, elementary school and church.  Looking back now, I think the architecture of this library played a pretty big part.

High-res 6/18/12 — 4:32pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZMDc9xNe_D_c Filed under: #CC by-sa laurelrusswurm  #Carnegie  #Waterloo  #Waterloo Public Library  #architecture  #creative commons  #library  #Habitat for Humanity  #books  #memory lane