Statement
before the Glenn
A. Walsh
Council of
The City of
Carnegie Library’s Electronic Mail: < gaw@andrewcarnegie.cc
>
Allegheny
Regional Internet
Site: < http://www.andrewcarnegie.cc
>
Branch Library 2007 December 12
Good morning. I am Glenn A. Walsh of
Attention people concerned with the future of public
libraries! Attention people concerned
about the loss of
A very important City Council public hearing will be
held on Tuesday Evening, December 18 to discuss the future of public library
service on the North Side. Will North Side residents continue to enjoy library
service in the large and historic Allegheny Regional Library building, built
nearly 118 years ago by Andrew Carnegie for the neighborhood where he grew-up,
or will the North Side be consigned to a small, downsized library branch three
blocks away? December 18 is when the citizens will have their say on this issue
vital to the future of the North Side!
The public hearing will be held in the New Hazlett
Theater in the world’s first Carnegie Hall, which adjoins the Allegheny
Regional Library. The hearing begins at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 18,
2007. Every citizen is entitled to speak for up to three minutes, to tell City
Council members what you think about library service on the North Side.
Most of the North Side has been without library
service since the unfortunate accident, a lightning strike, which closed the
Allegheny Regional Library in April of 2006. Although the building was repaired
as of May of 2007, Carnegie Library has refused to reopen the Library, due to
their announced plans to build a smaller library three blocks away. And, the
groundbreaking for this new building, which was originally scheduled for early
Autumn of 2007, has been postponed as money still has not been raised to build
the new building. Who knows when this supposed new library would even open!
All citizens, and particularly North Side residents,
are urged to attend, and pre-register to speak, at this public hearing.
Pre-registration to speak at the public hearing is requested and can be
accomplished by calling the City Clerk’s Office at 412-255-2138; again, to
pre-register for the public hearing, the telephone number is 412-255-2138.
Again, this public hearing will be Tuesday Evening,
December 18, 2007 beginning at 5:00 p.m. in the New Hazlett Theater, which
adjoins the Allegheny Regional Library at
You can learn more about the Allegheny Regional
Library and the public hearing at the new web site:
< www.alleghenylibrary.org
>, again the Internet address is:
gaw