This context comes to life in the Library design using a gradient of design palette to signify soft grass and a welcoming introduction at the “Living Room” with clear vistas through to the entire space, nods to the shoreline of Onondaga Lake encouraging discovery and exploration, quiet study and lounge areas to with a sense of deep contemplative waters of the Lake, and vibrant and bright elements at the teen area and circulation desk to encourage activity and mark their identity. The reorganization stemmed from an understanding of how users would like to navigate the collections, strategies to increase patron traffic and enhance usage, and a design concept reminiscent of the Liverpool neighborhood context. The design team worked closely with the library Director, Assistant Director, Board, and staff to carefully assess the current program and create a new set of program requirements including the addition of a lounge and living room spaces, quiet study room, a flex use space called “studio relocation and expansion of the Teen Area, Circulation Desk, and Circulation Workroom, and complete reorganization of the stack and computer areas, and the Children’s Library. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.The Liverpool Public Library is a community hub in the Village of Liverpool and was in desperate need of a renovation to transform the 1980’s interior into a space reflective of its vibrant, collaborative, and supportive nature.

Theenergy of the committee, and particularly of itschairman, did much to secure the only remedy thatwas possible-an entirely new building speciallydesigned for the purposes of a library and museum.How long this desideratum would have remainedunaccomplished it is difficult to say, had not a The difficulty of finding increasedaccommodation for readers was much greater.Several efforts in this direction did not improvematters to any appreciable extent, for no amountof ingenuity could obtain the required space. But it doesnot require a person to be experienced in libraryadministration to perceive that this sort of labyrin-thine accommodation in a popular and fastdeveloping institution could be of a permanentcharacter. For the storage of the latter,first one adjoining house and then another wasrented and fitted up with shelving. Everyday demonstrated more and more the utterinadequacy of the accommodation provided forreaders and books. Publisher: Liverpool, Free Public LibraryĬontributing Library: Cornell University LibraryĬlick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Public Libraries, Museums, and Art Gallery

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Liverpool first public library