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Originally Posted by Flint
The local branch of the library when I was a kid was a tall angular building of architectual wonder and mystery, with big exposed wooden ceiling beams reaching up overhead, creating a mystical realm which was treated with reverence. To enter, you had to pass through a semi-covered walkway area overhung by huge, ancient trees...you knew that you were entering a different type of place, almost like a cathedral.
When they rebuilt the Safeway around the corner, they revamped the entire shopping center, and the entire layout of the surrounding buildings. The old library and the ancient trees were torn down.
The new local branch of the library occupies an unassuming, sterile unit at the end of the "new & improved" strip mall. It resembles a 7-11 where you can get books. The children will never know what they've missed.
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Happily, the locals in my town (I don't actually live there, but the post office says I do!) saved the old hospital by moving it to a new location and renovating it.
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Built circa 1905, this charming 2-story library once served as a hospital. It was moved a half-mile to its current location in 2001, then completely renovated and transformed by the community.
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