Posts Tagged ‘library’
Washington Highlands Library to Open Next Summer for DC Bookworms
‘Library Books’
courtesy of ‘Jamiesrabbits’
Next summer the District has a brand-spanking-new library to look forward to at 115 Atlantic St. SW. Mayor Adrian Fenty (D), D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray (D), Chief Librarian Ginnie Cooper, and other members of the Ward 8 community broke ground the Washington Highlands Neighborhood Library last week.
Not only will the [...]
Architecture Beat – Francis Gregory Library in SE
Credit: Exterior Rendering by Adjaye Associates
Having the ‘coolest’ library in the neighborhood is not far fetched for those living in SE. Just released are a few renderings by Adjaye Associates, whom, in collaboration with Wiencek Associates, have developed quite an interesting design for the Francis Gregory Library. Libraries seem to be all the rage when [...]
Book returned, but not back in circulation
‘Lost in a good book’
courtesy of ‘InspirationDC’
WTOP has a funny little tidbit about a book returned to the Arlington library after 25 years, but it looks like the cataloging department hasn’t caught up with the return – a check of AcornWeb doesn’t show any holdings of The Patriot Chiefs. Maybe they’ll use her $25 to [...]
We Love Arts: “Breaking News”
The Folger Shakespeare Library recently opened their newest exhibit Breaking News: Renaissance Journalism and the Birth of the Newspaper on September 25. The exhibit runs through January 31, 2009 and is free to the public. I recently had a delightful Q&A session with Jason Peacey, one of the exhibit’s curators and a Lecturer in History [...]
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