{"id":1246,"date":"2018-03-20T14:18:14","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T21:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/?p=1246"},"modified":"2018-03-20T14:18:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T21:18:14","slug":"new-austin-main-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/20\/new-austin-main-library\/","title":{"rendered":"New Austin main library"},"content":{"rendered":"

J and I visited my family in Austin for Thanksgiving. One of the cool things we did was visit the new main public library! The opening was overdue by about a year, but the building and landscaping are pretty awesome.<\/p>\n

The building is at the intersection of one of Austin’s major creeks and the river in the middle of the city, so it gets some very nice views and hopefully a lot of business!<\/p>\n

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The front.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The back and side, looking from a new bridge that goes over the nearby creek. That lowered sidewalk goes along the creek for a ways.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A view from the roof of the library, looking south across the river and over to the Long Center and the Palmer Event Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The library has an awesome rooftop garden \u00e0 la green roof and a solar panel array as an awning to provide shade (sadly, I don’t have pictures). There is also a screened porch, so that you can enjoy the weather, but the mosquitoes can’t enjoy you!<\/p>\n

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Looking down in the central ‘shaft’ of the library. That art clock features grackles, a local menace that, much like\u00a0corvids<\/a>, survives very well on human refuse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Looking up into the central shaft. The staircases and bridges are very Hogwarts-esque. The stairs and floors of the building are much too creaky for my tastes. They feel like they’re going to collapse one day…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Weird street art that we saw nearby :S<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

J and I visited my family in Austin for Thanksgiving. One of the cool things we did was visit the new main public library! The opening was overdue by about a year, but the building and landscaping are pretty awesome. The building is at the intersection of one of Austin’s major creeks and the river … <\/p>\n

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