Hey it’s a nice building, but it cost hundreds of millions, and after a few weeks when all the fan fare dies down it will be an expensive drop in centre.
Also you should know that the Montreal main library was shut down for a while due to a bed bug ingestion from homeless people. If you go there in a month or soul, make sure you have a shower when you get home.
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Originally Posted by McMurph
My god, people on this forum are asses. I just came back from the library and it is 1) a spectacular building, 2) a fantastic library, 3) an incredible public asset. It is also phenomenally packed with thousands of proud Calgarians who are milling around and admiring the thing.
Snohetta knocked it out of the park with this one. Like the Peace Bridge (which I suspect some on this forum still think would be better as rope bridge) the new library is going to be an icon for the city and will generate a ton of international attention. These days, it seems like a lot of calendar architecture is pretty but useless -- like pretty well everything Daniel Liebskind has ever managed to complete. This building is a beautiful response to the site and purpose. It'll win awards.
And yeah, the occasional homeless person will certainly come in to warm up and read a newspaper. That's not a bad thing.
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