{"id":2082,"date":"2004-01-01T16:42:14","date_gmt":"2004-01-02T08:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/02\/exploring-the-new-seattle-library\/"},"modified":"2020-01-02T10:02:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T18:02:26","slug":"exploring-the-new-seattle-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/01\/exploring-the-new-seattle-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the new Seattle Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:12540,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.mahalie.com\\\/blog\\\/archives\\\/000015.php&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/mahalie.com\\\/blog\\\/archives\\\/000015.php&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11015,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.spl.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260311121359\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.spl.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.spl.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-21 00:28:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 08:03:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 16:23:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-26 00:21:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-04 22:52:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-04 22:52:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12541,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.spl.org\\\/lfa\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20131211021535\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.spl.org\\\/lfa\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 23:25:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 06:26:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-26 00:21:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-26 00:21:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12542,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.spl.org\\\/lfa\\\/central\\\/buildinganewcentral.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20111202185845\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.spl.org:80\\\/lfa\\\/central\\\/buildinganewcentral.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 23:25:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 06:26:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-26 00:21:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-26 00:21:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12543,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.spl.org\\\/lfa\\\/central\\\/stimages070900.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20110307132049\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.spl.org:80\\\/lfa\\\/central\\\/stimages070900.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 23:25:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 06:26:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-26 00:21:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-26 00:21:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12544,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.spl.org\\\/lfa\\\/central\\\/centralstatus.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.spl.org\\\/lfa\\\/central\\\/centralstatus.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Seattle&#8217;s library system has been in something of a state of flux ever since I moved down here. Just about the time I came down, the central public library moved into a temporary space just a couple blocks down 8th street from my apartment, across from the Seattle Convention Center. The old building was torn down, and construction began on the new library building.<\/p>\n<p>As I&#8217;ve watched the new library building go up over the months, I&#8217;ve always been more or less confused by what I was seeing. Lots of diagonals, parts of the building jutting over other parts &#8212; it looked interesting, but it just didn&#8217;t make a whole lot of sense.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Seattle's new library\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2004\/01\/graphics\/central0501-247x224.jpg\" width=\"247\" height=\"224\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today, though, thanks to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahalie.com\/blog\/archives\/000015.php\" title=\"mahalie's blog: Seattle Public Library Site\">pointer from mahalie<\/a>, I finally have some idea at what I&#8217;ve been looking at all these months &#8212; and not only does it make sense, but I really like what it looks like the end result will be.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spl.org\/\" title=\"The Seattle Public Library\">Seattle Public Library<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spl.org\/lfa\/index.html\" title=\"Libraries for All\">Libraries for All<\/a> site has an extensive collection of information on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spl.org\/lfa\/central\/buildinganewcentral.html\" title=\"Building a New Central Library\">construction of the new central library<\/a>, including press releases and meeting minutes dating back to 1998 and continuing throughout the construction process, photographs of the library&#8217;s construction, and something I&#8217;d been wondering about for ages &#8212; a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spl.org\/lfa\/central\/stimages070900.html\" title=\"'High Tech Design of Seattle's New Library will Honor Tradition'\">floor by floor breakdown<\/a> of the new building.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, it all makes sense, and where before all I&#8217;d seen was a confusing jumble of girders and construction equipment, now I can see where all this is likely to end up. According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spl.org\/lfa\/central\/centralstatus.html\" title=\"Central Library Status Report\">status report<\/a> the grand opening is tentatively set for May 23, 2004 &#8212; and you can bet I&#8217;ll be there to finally see the end result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to a pointer from mahalie, I finally have some idea at what I&#8217;ve been looking at all these months &mdash; and not only does it make sense, but I really like what it looks like the end result will be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2043],"tags":[13,140],"class_list":["post-2082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","tag-life","tag-seattle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}