Taureau said:

One of the finest examples of the Richardsonian Romanesque is the Amelia S. Givin Public Library in **** 1890. The architect was James T. Steen from Pittsburgh. The Givins Library was made from brownstone quarried locally. This library is distinguished by outstanding moorish fretwork woodwork done by Moses Ransom from Cleveland.

Steen was a prominent architect in Pittsburgh at this time and did several buildings downtown in the romanesque style. The old Western Pennsylvania University (now University of Pittsburgh) was designed by Steen. Both of Steen's sons also became
well known architects. (information courtesy Paul Tucker).

The brownstone was from the quarries of the Hummelstown Brownstone Company in Derry Township, Dauphin County, PA, which are approximately forty miles from
****. This quarry produced some of the highest quality brownstone at the turn of the century for buildings from New York State to Florida and as far west as St. Louis. The Givin Library is one such building. (information courtesy Ben Olena.)

This library is strongly influenced by the Richardsonian Romanesque style of the Crane Public Library in Quincy, MA, 1881.

The style was named for Henry Hobson Richardson (1838-1886). It is a revival style based on French and Spanish Romanesque precedents of the 11th century. (Romanesque preceded Gothic in European architecture.) Richardson's style is characterized by massive stone walls and dramatic semicircular arches, and a new dynamism of interior space. Continuity and unity are keynotes of Richardson's style. The Richardsonian Romanesque eclipsed both the IInd Empire Baroque and the High Victorian Gothic styles; the style had a powerful effect on such Chicago architects as Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, and influenced architects as far away as Scandinavia.

you would have bumped my library thread if it were still bumpable right Lleena?





oh btw the answer to your question here is YES I GO



I have a wallet full of library cards in many counties!!

I go to the one about 10 minutes away-it has lots of CDs, and DVDs and well as a great variety of books.

Good ones too! They keep up to date quite well.

Great collection of graphic novels (Batman, The Sandman, Bone, etc.) too.



(Not that I'd advise checking out CDs for any reason to save money...)

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subhuman09 said:

I like to burn it burn it!

Haven;t really been there much in recent years. Used to spend hours and hours there though. Not bad for someone who doesn't like to read, huh?

JoweeCoco said:

Thanks for the pic joey, those orange tubes!

Lleena said:

Lleena said:

They look like 'vacuum' shoots to drop your Library books off if you're in a hurry,

like the quick drop facilaty they have at Blockbuster video

senik said:

!

I was thrown out for exposing myself

Lleena said:

You're laughing at the way I've spelt "facilaty", right!?

I"m I'm in the mood for some good old public bathroom glory hole sex, sure.

But never for the books, they all smell funny.

Kayleigh said:

Any stories you'd like to share Kayleigh!?

Lleena said:

Ummm...maybe best I don't

but here is my library:

http://www.lib.hel.fi/pag...em_id=3064

You mean you dont want to share stories of people asking for books with the weirdest titles !?

thanks for the link Kayleigh! It's cool!

I really like mine. I find them relaxing. A peaceful oasis from the hectic outdoors.

There's people reading.

Yeah, it's a good masturbating place cause no ones there and they have like porn in there, so i masturbate there often.

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Lleena said:

I LOVE that!!!!

i used to go a fair amount, but haven't been for ages. Basically, i worked out that the library near me really, really stank.

I've tried to cut down the number of smelly places i go to, so unfortunately the library had to go.

I use to catalog in a library...

I haven't been to a library for, forever....