Help Design the New
Library this Wednesday!
 The DC Public
Library is hosting a community meeting this Wednesday, October
3, 2007, at 6:00 PM, at the Interim Library (4200 Wisconsin). This
is our chance to speak up about what we want
in the new Tenley-Friendship Library and its design.
This process
and your input is critical. The design of the library
must be done right so it can best meet our community's needs. Do
we want an outdoor space with benches? A coffee shop on the first
floor? What about bike parking and community meeting space?
To inspire you, here
are some of our questions about the new library:
Outdoor Public Space
What are the
possibilities for a public outdoor space to be included on the exterior
of the building – e.g., a congregating space
with benches and / or other place to sit, wait & meet friends;
with nice landscaping, etc.? (Example: fountain park
at the Barnes and Noble in Bethesda)
Complementary Uses (such as retail)
What are the possibilities for including a complementary retail
use at the front of the building, e.g., a small coffee shop/kiosk
near the front door to the library, fronting onto a small public
space with benches, sittable ledges, landscaping?
Materials
Washington, DC, seems
constrained to a “colonial” vernacular
with a heavy use of red brick. What thought have you given
to building materials? What will guide your selections? Will
you consider something interesting, inventive and perhaps even unusual
for this building? What role will the use of green design and
building materials play in this?
Transparency
One of our community
objectives is to create a sense of vibrancy and street life along
our “Main Street” in Tenleytown. The
degree to which the library is or is not transparent can affect this
substantially. What are you envisioning by way of the building’s
transparency to achieve a “see and be seen” factor – i.e.,
so that people walking by can see people inside & people inside
can see people walking by?
Front Door
It is important that the
library be directly and easily accessible from Wisconsin Ave. Do
you have any thoughts yet as to how you plan to handle building
main entrance?
Increased Community Space
Can the building be expanded to include more community space? (add
a third or fourth floor?) Can this space be used for additional library
programming in the future if the need emerges?
Bicycle Parking
Will some bicycle parking be place in front of the building?
Library Program
Is there a library
program document that you are working from? If
so, what is its level of completeness and what work are you doing
to augment it? Is the program publicly available?
Sincerely,
Rebecca Perring
www.Ward3Vision.org |
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What
do you want in the new library?
Be there on Wednesday to let the
city know what you want for the new library.
Community Meeting about
the new library design
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
6:00 PM
Tenley-Friendship Interim Library
4200 Wisconsin Ave NW
5
Minute Action: Send an email
Tell
our city leaders what you want for the
Tenley Library. Your email will go to Mayor Fenty,
the City Council,the Deputy Mayor's office, Chief Librarian
Ginnie Cooper, and public school officials.
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