Every once in a while, which means every few years, stories about Albany’s Carnegie Public Library downtown have appeared on this site. The time for another one has come.
Normally, Thursday afternoon is one of the times that the Carnegie Library in downtown Albany is open. But not during the vacation week between Christmas and New Year’s.
Because the downtown branch was closed, I drove to the Albany Public Library’s main building Tuesday to retun the latest Michael Connelly novel and find something else to read. Scanning the stacks for promising titles, I wondered whether anyone ever gets down on his knees to explore the bottom shelves.
All those notes pasted on a board at the Albany Public Library tell you what the writers think will make Albany “better.” What’s that about, I wondered.
Ten years after the building opened, the paint colors on the Albany Public Library are no longer an issue. Partly that’s because people have more important things to think about. But mainly it’s because the color scheme looks OK.
Pretty much by chance the other day, I found myself in the basement room that holds the Oregon Collection at Albany’s Carnegie Library downtown. It’s the place to be if you’re interested in what happened in our town and state long before you and I got here.
Carnegie Library plan: Wait three years
What will become of Albany’s Carnegie Library downtown? City officials hope they might have some idea about the branch’s future in three years.
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