Comments on: From barn to bibliothek, a library emerges from history http://boingboing.net/2012/03/26/from-barn-to-bibliothek-a-lib.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 17:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ito Kagehisa http://boingboing.net/2012/03/26/from-barn-to-bibliothek-a-lib.html#comment-1380807 Ito Kagehisa Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=151478#comment-1380807 Baldwin's Book Barn.  Highly recommended. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0rHXdC5szrk/S5p0wJj_-xI/AAAAAAAAAV8/f-H4O7Z1giU/s400/Baldwin%27s+Book+Barn.bmp Baldwin’s Book Barn.  Highly recommended.

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]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2012/03/26/from-barn-to-bibliothek-a-lib.html#comment-1380650 Christopher Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=151478#comment-1380650 I've always felt that one of the main purposes of libraries is to preserve history. Even though they mainly preserve it in book form turning old buildings into libraries is just another way to accomplish the same thing. I’ve always felt that one of the main purposes of libraries is to preserve history. Even though they mainly preserve it in book form turning old buildings into libraries is just another way to accomplish the same thing.

]]> By: Incipient Madness http://boingboing.net/2012/03/26/from-barn-to-bibliothek-a-lib.html#comment-1380281 Incipient Madness Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=151478#comment-1380281 My favorite library is the Montrose Library in Houston. It used to be a church. They suspended a kind of huge floating deck to make a vaulted second floor . A library made from a historic church. I hope that happens more often in the coming years. My favorite library is the Montrose Library in Houston. It used to be a church. They suspended a kind of huge floating deck to make a vaulted second floor .

A library made from a historic church. I hope that happens more often in the coming years.

]]> By: AnthonyC http://boingboing.net/2012/03/26/from-barn-to-bibliothek-a-lib.html#comment-1380265 AnthonyC Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=151478#comment-1380265 It never occurred to me that inns used to need barns, the way they now need garages or lots. It never occurred to me that inns used to need barns, the way they now need garages or lots.

]]> By: C.J. Casey http://boingboing.net/2012/03/26/from-barn-to-bibliothek-a-lib.html#comment-1380240 C.J. Casey Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=151478#comment-1380240 The library I grew up with in the 70s and 80s, the Vernon (MI) Public Library, was built out of a defunct gas station sometime in the 60s. Nice to know that people are still reusing old buildings. The library I grew up with in the 70s and 80s, the Vernon (MI) Public Library, was built out of a defunct gas station sometime in the 60s. Nice to know that people are still reusing old buildings.

]]> By: godfathersoul http://boingboing.net/2012/03/26/from-barn-to-bibliothek-a-lib.html#comment-1380049 godfathersoul Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=151478#comment-1380049 Perhaps those people at that library doing that fundraiser.... you know, the one that you posted the cute video of - they want a whole lot of money.... perhaps they should reconsider the 'building a new building'. I think this is great. Besides, I like barns.... aways wanted to turn a large barn into my painting studio... Perhaps those people at that library doing that fundraiser…. you know, the one that you posted the cute video of – they want a whole lot of money…. perhaps they should reconsider the ‘building a new building’. I think this is great. Besides, I like barns…. aways wanted to turn a large barn into my painting studio…

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