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Pittsburgh, March 29
– According to the staff of the
Lawrenceville Branch of The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, the very historic
1898 building which houses the library branch will be abandoned later this
year, after a public meeting in May or sometime in the Summer.
In a
prepared statement (For release—EMBARGOED UNTIL: 5:30 p.m., 2004 March 29) for delivery
before the Board of Directors of the Allegheny Regional Asset District (RAD),
Monday evening, historic preservationist Glenn A. Walsh said, “Despite the
opposition of the majority of residents in the
The Lawrenceville Branch
Library building is a true library pioneer:
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First of more
than one hundred neighborhood branch libraries built by Andrew Carnegie in the
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First specifically designed and constructed library
Children’s Room
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First library
specifically designed to allow the public direct access to the book stacks, including
a central circulation desk
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Building design
became a model for Carnegie Libraries throughout the world
Mr. Walsh noted that, “Next
to the historic Lawrenceville Library building is the
“Although Carnegie Library
complains there is little parking near the Library, Library patrons regularly
use the community center’s parking lot next to the Library, including during
special events in the Library’s large auditorium;
Mr. Walsh asked the RAD
Board, which provides more than $16 million a year in public funding to Carnegie
Library, to “tell, yes tell,
Carnegie Library that they must hold at least one widely-publicized meeting,
open to the general public, before
any official, or even unofficial, decisions are made to move a library. And,
unlike the token neighborhood meeting in Hazelwood last year, you must tell
Carnegie Library that they must really listen to the wishes of the majority of
residents of the neighborhood. In the case of Lawrenceville, it is urgent that
this be done right away.
“If this Board does nothing,
you will be allowing a bureaucracy to utilize taxpayer money with no
accountability to the people—once again, taxation without representation!”
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Note to Editors and
Reporters:
Glenn A. Walsh served as a Life Trustee, on the Board of Trustees, of the
Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall in Carnegie, Pennsylvania from
1995-2000, including the position of Library Treasurer from 1995-1996. The
Andrew Carnegie Free Library has no direct affiliation with The Carnegie
Library of Pittsburgh. Views expressed by Mr. Walsh are his own and do not
represent the views of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library.
Statement of Glenn A. Walsh
Allegheny Regional Asset District --
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Histories -- From The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh - 2003 March 2:
Carnegie's Library Legacy -
The Carnegie struggles with honoring the past while serving the present and future
By Patricia Lowry, Post-Gazette Architecture Critic
History of Lawrenceville Library, "A first for Lawrenceville," two-thirds way into feature article.
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh - 2002 October 23:
For decades, Lawrenceville library's basement has concealed a mystery
Tale of the tombstone
By Johnna A. Pro, Post-Gazette Staff Writer
Photo of Library Front and More Information about Library Tombstone:
< http://www.ghostvillage.com/legends/2003/legends9_01112003.shtml > gaw 2004 March 28 Glenn A. WalshElectronic Mail - < gawalsh@planetarium.cc >
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