Comments on: Place of Learning, Place of Dreams: A History of the Seattle Public Library http://www.wlbpl.org/43-place-of-learning-place-of-dreams-a-history-of-the-seattle-public-library.html Fri, 07 May 2010 16:31:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rosebunting http://www.wlbpl.org/43-place-of-learning-place-of-dreams-a-history-of-the-seattle-public-library.html#comment-78 Rosebunting Fri, 07 May 2010 16:31:31 +0000 http://www.wlbpl.org/43-place-of-learning-place-of-dreams-a-history-of-the-seattle-public-library.html#comment-78 The Rem Koolhaus designed Seattle Public Library sounds good. And the pictures are beautiful. But as a user there are some major problems. An escalator that only goes up, abandoning users on the 10th floor. One can use some stairs down to the 6th floor, or merrily run around the spiral until you hit a wall on the 6th floor. Then you have to wait for an elevator to take you down to the 5th floor. Poor planning. <br /> <br />The waterless urinals reek. The water fountains have no water pressure and are lukewarm. The walls are black and the lighting dim in the fiction area. The self-checkouts only have room to stack one book to the side, or you can use two self-checkouts to have enough space. The signs are hidden. Rating: 3 / 5 The Rem Koolhaus designed Seattle Public Library sounds good. And the pictures are beautiful. But as a user there are some major problems. An escalator that only goes up, abandoning users on the 10th floor. One can use some stairs down to the 6th floor, or merrily run around the spiral until you hit a wall on the 6th floor. Then you have to wait for an elevator to take you down to the 5th floor. Poor planning.

The waterless urinals reek. The water fountains have no water pressure and are lukewarm. The walls are black and the lighting dim in the fiction area. The self-checkouts only have room to stack one book to the side, or you can use two self-checkouts to have enough space. The signs are hidden.
Rating: 3 / 5

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