Amidst continued reports of library cutbacks and closures, I’m happy to share news of two Massachusetts’ communities that have opened beautiful new public libraries.
On November 8th, a fifteen year effort in the city of Cambridge culminated in the opening of a new addition to its main library. I visited along with scores of residents and other well-wishers. The place was packed, as you can see from the photo below!
And last month, a local business owner delivered what the Boston Globe described as a “a soaring 17,000 square-foot library with a barrel-vaulted ceiling, 56 computers, and white oak ribbing, a cedar-shingled senior center with a fieldstone fireplace and physical check-up room, and a town meeting hall with Romanesque pillars and a catering kitchen” to Townsend, a small community in the central part of the state.
