[Mpls] Walker Library Idea

[Lisa McDonald]

Actually I proposed it before the last remodeling. The library board said no because they basically want a library that is all on one level they say it is easier and cheaper to run. It could still be done if some land was annexed in the back of the old library. The building was made ADA accessible by the Junior League. Williams has always been interested in the courtyard and would probably lease it from the library. I can't imagine parking would be the issue, since the current councilmember has let both the restaurant development on the corner of Lagoon and Hennepin, as well as Tonic on Lake Street go in with hundreds of seats and no parking.

Lisa McDonald
East Harriet

----- Original Message -----
From: Tracy
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 1:45 PM
To: mpls at mnforum.org
Subject: [Mpls] Walker Library Idea

List,

Has anyone thought about moving the new Walker Library back to the old  
Walker Library site across Hennepin?  I understand that Pagoda, the  
upscale spa that has been in that space for about 6 months, is closing  
shop and, again, the building will sit vacant.  I dont' know why the  
library originally left that site, but it is a beautiful old building,  
a protected historic resource in Minneapolis, right next to the transit  
stop, and if modifications could be made to the building (ADA  
requirements met, necessary technology improvements, maybe an outdoor  
cafe in the front courtyard....), the parcel across the street could be  
condos and upscale Uptown shops beneath.

Perhaps someone has proposed this already.  But, as a poet once said,  
maybe what lasts is what you start with.

Tracy Nordstrom
Avid reader, Uptown Pedestrian, ECCO Resident

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