Every one's Choice discussion

A travel website collected pictures of gorgeous libraries:

"Everyone has some kind of place that makes them feel transported to a
magical realm. For some people it’s castles with their noble history
and crumbling towers. For others it’s abandoned factories, ivy choked,
a sense of foreboding around every corner. For us here at Curious
Expeditions, there has always been something about libraries. Row
after row, shelf after shelf, there is nothing more magical than a
beautiful old library."

http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=78

Those are beautiful!! They're making me drool :)

I have been to the ones in NYC. The Morgan is a few blockas away from work and also the 5th Avenue Library is literally right down the block from where I work.

Germany is in the lead...

Ok so it's not a library but don't you want to live here? I am sure most of can create one of our own

Wow Donna, that is amazing!

As for the original link, we had a beautiful old library like that on the UC Berkeley campus. It was amazing, and I used to love to go there to study, just to soak up the ambiance.

I work a few blocks away from the Moragan Library and also work right down the block from the main New York Library on 5th Avenue.

Well, I went to try and find my local library yesterday and was HIGHLY dissapointed.

The Key West library is horrid. One would think since it is a city building it would at least have some parking, but nope; all the parking is street parking in a residential zone! I didn't feel like driving around for 30 minutes trying to find a place to park. Honestly, it doesn't even stand out as a library, I only found it because I was purposefully looking for it, otherwise I don't think I would have even known it was ther. I didn't even get the chance to go in, very dissapointed and longing for a REAL library now!

Tracy - how disappointing. Is that the only library for the whole City?

Yup! It is a 4-mile by 1-mile island, so the next closest library is about 3 islands up or 20 miles. I did find 2 used book stores around here, but same thing - only street parking...

I feel for you dear!

OMG that is terrible!! I would think that a library would be most important since FL is a great place to relax and read