The Walt Whitman branch of the Warren Public Library will be moving to the ground floor of the new Warren City Hall building and renamed the Warren Civic Center Library.
The new library, twice the size of the Warren Arthur Miller branch, will offer separate spaces for children and teens, as well study rooms and a computer lab with 18 computers.
More details as they become available!
These pictures were taken on September 22, 2006.
The Young Adult area will have six computer stations
There will be an area for storytelling, complete with a puppet stage
A Special Collections room at the back of the library is enhanced by a fireplace donated bythe Friends of the Warren Library
The Atrium
Looking towards the Information Desk and the back of the library
8 comments:
It looks nice, but it'll never be better than the Arthur Miller Branch!
Kurt don't your read the Warren Weekly or the Newsbeat. Articles have been in those papers for the past few years. They told that Whitman was closing and moving into the City Hall LIbrary. In the last few months even the Macomb Daily, News and Free Press have written about the move. Notice was posted on the door at Whitman, hand outs were on the talk when you first walked into the library, plus the staff told everyone who checked something out that the library was closing/moving. At least, I was told and I saw the notices! Why didn't you?
Kurt, you're right about no libraries on the Eastside of Warren. THat's actually the first thing I thought of, since Arthur Miller was moved....like....3 or 4 years ago, but it was only moved half a mile north and about half a mile east. Really, it's only a little ways from the new Civic Center Library, which I think is extremely stupid. I think that Warren wants to be like other cities and just have one library (Troy, Sterling Heights, etc.). Personally, I like the branches system, since Warren is a fairly large city and deserves to be spread out. Also, I agree that the fancy atrium and everything is a bit over the top, the other libraries (Whitman, Busch, and the old Miller) were kind of cramped, though.
I found out about the move on the libraries webpage, as I don't read newspapers tjhat often, and don't usually go to Whitman.
The New Warren Civic Public Library LOOKS GREAT!!!! I can't wait until it OPENS!!!!
it looks nice. does anyone know when it opens
What I do not understand is why it did not close closer to the opening date of the new library. How long would it take to move the contents of the library? A week or 2? What if the book I wanter was at the whitman brach and now there is no way to transfer it to an open branch.
What days and hours will the Civic Center Library be open?
I like a lot about the new Civic Library. Some improvements could be:
Greeter at the new City Hall/Library should have an information stand and recognizable uniform, Vest, Name tag. etc.
papers and info normally found at the library should be in a more handy, well defined spot.(bulletin board. at the entrance.
There shoud be outside signs to lead to and identifly the book drop-off.
Are the floors different in the parking lot? City hall is 2 and parking is 3.
JBG.
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