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RE: Galt Post Office renovation | planning - Coke6pk - 04-29-2019
(04-08-2019, 03:57 PM)urbd Wrote:(04-07-2019, 09:48 AM)panamaniac Wrote: A good piece on the finished building by the Globe and Mail architecture critic:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-architecture/article-in-cambridge-a-library-of-old-stone-new-glass-and-few-books/
What an amazing project. Cambridge has a very cool vision for libraries, starting by calling them Idea Exhange instead of public libraries. A real multi-use community hub. Awesome!
I believe this is to avoid Doug Ford's library cuts... DoFo has no idea what an Idea (or Idea Exchange) is, so he'll leave that funding alone...
Coke
RE: Galt Post Office renovation | planning - Rainrider22 - 04-29-2019
That is quite funny. Although I feel your giving Cambridge more credit than is due.
RE: Galt Post Office renovation | planning - gomesjustin - 04-30-2019
I believe this can be moved to ‘Complete’ now as well? Unless there is still on-going work I’m unaware of..
RE: Galt Post Office renovation | planning - tomh009 - 05-01-2019
(04-30-2019, 06:52 PM)gomesjustin Wrote: I believe this can be moved to ‘Complete’ now as well? Unless there is still on-going work I’m unaware of..
Done! And here is a photo (courtesy of G&M) of the finished project.
![[Image: M7EOSIASWZELDMUV2OMJSOGULE.tif]](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/QXNnRhJSrEUih05mE3j7DsCV3QA=/620x0/filters:quality(80)/arc-anglerfish-tgam-prod-tgam.s3.amazonaws.com/public/M7EOSIASWZELDMUV2OMJSOGULE.tif)
RE: Galt Post Office renovation | Complete - gomesjustin - 05-01-2019
Amazing! Thank you for sharing!
RE: Galt Post Office renovation | Complete - Spokes - 05-03-2019
Such a major change. Well done!
RE: Galt Post Office renovation | planning - urbd - 05-03-2019
(05-01-2019, 12:47 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(04-30-2019, 06:52 PM)gomesjustin Wrote: I believe this can be moved to ‘Complete’ now as well? Unless there is still on-going work I’m unaware of..
Done! And here is a photo (courtesy of G&M) of the finished project.
Amazing. When will Waterloo Public Library catch up to this kind of space? Imagine something like this in the Uptown branch. Ugh, they could've used the old post office building in Uptown for this
what a wasted opportunity.![[Image: B8888733Z.1_20180312172418_000_GGS3SVON....rtrait.jpg]](https://dynamicmedia.zuza.com/zz/m/original_/2/7/27fdb689-4ca0-4b8f-9374-5a015a7a7434/B8888733Z.1_20180312172418_000_GGS3SVON.3-0_Super_Portrait.jpg)
^ this should've been WPL, but we're getting another office building instead.
RE: Galt Post Office renovation | Complete - KevinL - 05-03-2019
Not nearly enough space for the current library, and it needs more space, not less. If they sacrifice some parking or their setback along Albert, they could expand on-site, I think.
RE: Galt Post Office renovation | Complete - panamaniac - 05-03-2019
I assumed people meant as an annex to the existing WPL, not a replacement. Clearly it's too small to serve on its own as the central library.
RE: Galt Post Office renovation | Complete - KevinL - 05-03-2019
Ah. That seems a bit impractical, to me - to split the services into two buildings just a block or so apart.
RE: Galt Post Office renovation | Complete - panamaniac - 05-03-2019
As Cambridge has done ...
RE: Galt Post Office renovation | Complete - urbd - 05-06-2019
(05-03-2019, 02:10 PM)KevinL Wrote: Ah. That seems a bit impractical, to me - to split the services into two buildings just a block or so apart.
(05-03-2019, 04:43 PM)panamaniac Wrote: As Cambridge has done ...
Yeah, but maybe the King St portion could function as the more interactive/multipurpose space and the Albert one could remain as the traditional library space.