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Farewell party
Mar. 13th, 2005 09:26 pmI went to the Cambridge Main Library closing party this afternoon. It was quite a shindig, featuring:
It's the last time I'll be in the building for a couple of years. I'm looking forward to going back, to seeing the new building, and the restoration of the old, to have a library with enough space (for the then-now, anyway), and appropriate temperatures :-). Until then, I shall have to get used to going to other branches, and get my Cambridge library card active for use in the Boston system.
As I stood listening to the band, I noticed the decorations on the wall above the videos, starting with the 11 Commandments. No, I didn't mean to type 10. There are 11, the 11th being "Love thy neighbor as thyself." I looked above, and saw reference not only to the deity, but his son and the spirit. I'd never paid any attention to that wall before; these things are well above eye level. Continuing down, there was an admonishment to follow this path, or be doomed, then something else equally non-pc. Off to the side, there's another sign, which makes things clearer. The man who donated the land, Rindge, stipulated that this appear in the library, if they were to accept his gift. And so it remains.
ETA (3/14): For another view (with pictures!), see JWG's post.
- a (mostly-brass) band, playing lots of catchy tunes (loudly)
- the plans for the new building
- snackage
- a graffiti wall and graffiti posts, with lots of colored pens available
- Cambridge library pencils
- customized "READ" posters, with your picture, plus a foil starburst sticker
- free copies of I Saw Esau, with wonderful illustrations by Maurice Sendak, donated by Candlewick Press (which is to say, the books were printed in Cambridge)
- much goodwill and excitement
It's the last time I'll be in the building for a couple of years. I'm looking forward to going back, to seeing the new building, and the restoration of the old, to have a library with enough space (for the then-now, anyway), and appropriate temperatures :-). Until then, I shall have to get used to going to other branches, and get my Cambridge library card active for use in the Boston system.
As I stood listening to the band, I noticed the decorations on the wall above the videos, starting with the 11 Commandments. No, I didn't mean to type 10. There are 11, the 11th being "Love thy neighbor as thyself." I looked above, and saw reference not only to the deity, but his son and the spirit. I'd never paid any attention to that wall before; these things are well above eye level. Continuing down, there was an admonishment to follow this path, or be doomed, then something else equally non-pc. Off to the side, there's another sign, which makes things clearer. The man who donated the land, Rindge, stipulated that this appear in the library, if they were to accept his gift. And so it remains.
ETA (3/14): For another view (with pictures!), see JWG's post.