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December 28, 2007
Beginning of the End
One year from today we expect to be opening the New Darien Library. There is much to do between now and then -- serious amounts of construction just to get to the point of having a roof on the new building, walls, glass, interior finishes, shelves, furniture, computers -- but if we keep to our schedule we will be moving during the week of December 2008, so we can be ready for our Grand Opening in January 2009.
In order to move into the new building, we'll also have to close the existing Darien Library at the same time, and that means we are beginning the last year when we will occupy this beloved library, built in 1957 and expanded twice, and now a model for what a library can mean to its community.
Who could have known while the building was still a dream, what wonderful things were to come?
From concrete, and steel, and wood, and sweat come dreams and reality.
Mostly, the library is about people who have become friends in a community of common interest.
So in the months we have left in this wonderful library, let's remember that bricks and steel are the skin and bone of a library, but people are its soul.
The shadow of its passing after a half century of vibrant life in the community will give way to a bright future in another building -- a New Darien Library that will serve as the great good place for the people of Darien as it carries on the traditions of the present building.
Posted by Alan Kirk Gray at December 28, 2007 08:29 AM
Comments
An exciting year for the library! Can't wait to see the new building.
Posted by: Emily at December 31, 2007 09:34 PM