Thank you Dave for your reply. It is not quite an aesthetic
judgment - my loathing for the " renovated " Providence Public Library.
I miss the " old " building - just the way it was. The facade on Washington
has that delightful classic appeal. But the building's interior was
redesigned and rearranged by somebody with no feeling or love for
libraries.
It use to be a pleasant place to browse in . Now it is wretchedly
cramped . The pleasantness of the old order is a just a memory.
Even the location of the rest rooms is a horror. The faces of the
" help " - there are no more LIBRARIANS - reflect the wretchedness of
the " improvements " .
Walking into a library should be like walking into an old
cathedral . I like all that " useless space " at the new Warwick Public
Library. And plenty of tables , desks, and comfortable chairs there.
I cannot judge the Warwick Public Library as architect .. but
as PATRON , I say THANK GOD !
Is there any possibility of getting anything like it in
Providence ?
Thank you -ron
Your expertise needed -Dave
Date: Thu, 29 Oct
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Ron - I haven't seen the new Warwick library, or even a picture of it,
even though its architect said he would send me a fax of it. So I cannot
judge. But I think that if there were any chance it would be good enough to be
within shouting distance of the PPL (on Washington Street, not the "new"
addition on Empire), then I'd have been out there in a flash, covering it more
closely than the hip-squeezing jeans of a brainless enticing bunny. As to
whether it works better or worse, as a library, than the PPL, I would have no
idea. How did you arrive at your judgment?
- Dave
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Date: 28 Oct 98 11:01:29
From:"Ronald Ruggieri" <ar803@osfn.rhilinet.gov>
To: david_brussat@ProJo.COM
Subject: Your expertise needed -Dave
Reply-to: ar803@osfn.rhilinet.gov
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Good morning Dave . Briefly -if you can check it out - I would
appreciate your respected opinion on new Warwick Public Library.
You may be interested in the opinion of Louis J. Pugliese who
described it as an " artistic failure " in the Oct. 27 Warwick Beacon
( Letters page 7 ).
Let me just say this for now : Compared to the Providence Public
Library on Empire St., the new library in Warwick is Heaven !
Have a nice day Ron Ruggieri ( 732-0215 )
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