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Written by Colleen Theisen on 2025-01-20 at 17:15

It looks like there might finally be remediation to this inaccessible library design?

You probably saw the photo years ago.

[#]PublicLibraries #Accessibility

Uodates here: https://licpost.com/queens-public-library-and-nyc-agree-to-make-hunters-point-branch-ada-compliant-feds

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Written by Cyberpunk Librarian on 2025-01-20 at 18:07

@libcolleen This was one of the most batshit architectural designs I've ever seen. It's quite like the architect went out of his way to make it inaccessible.

And then, sadly, no on cared.

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Written by Frank Skornia on 2025-01-20 at 18:14

@CyberpunkLibrarian @libcolleen But think of all the architectural awards! And the "Most Beautiful Library" accolades!

Surely those are more important than people actually using the building

We're having our own fight currently with the architect that our administration is besotted with and any comments we have are ignored or shut down

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Written by Anne Deschaine on 2025-01-20 at 18:26

@fskornia @CyberpunkLibrarian @libcolleen My first (public) library hired a now well-known architect to design a new central branch to replace an outgrown classic Carnegie.

It is very beautiful from the outside. He didn't care for bookshelves, so some of the interior choices for staff are interesting. And the showpiece chairs he designed are awful. But it IS accessible, at least.

I learned in architecture class that form must ALWAYS respect function. Never does in Big Architect libraries...

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