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What's wrong with the library? Love it. Nicer than the old one.

Terrible lighting for reading and a complete lack of natural light and poor views to the outside.  Leaky roof.  The childrens area feels like sitting in a parking lot because you sort of are and after dark you often have headlights shining in on you.  Lots of wasted space yet no nice open spaces where you can sit. The upstairs tween space isn't separated from the rest of the library so when the kids are horsing around (which is fine teen behavior but it happens every day) the noise is heard everywhere.  Even the doors are poorly designed with no push bars on some of them so everyone uses the electric handicap door which creates even more noise.

Compared to the new public libraries in Cleveland Park and the Palisades it is a lousy design[/quote]

My family likes the library. It has tons of wasted space in it. Not sure what the deal is with the huge atrium which seems to be there simply for a homeless sleeping area and after school kids pizza eating area. If those are the purposes, great, otherwise, I am just not sure what that space is for. Seems the library could have used it.

The tech is always broken, but that is not a design problem but a system problem.

Another poster wrote it already but our largest issue with the new design is that it did not go far enough in the homeless services side. If in fact the DC libraries are going to be homeless day shelters, then they should be equipped as such. Maybe put a job resources section in there. Maybe a city services advocate in an office in there who can ensure that persons are availing themselves of programs available. And maybe a purpose built shower and hygiene room where people can go in and shower without having to turn the bathroom into a disaster by attempting to clean up under a hand sink. Instead of pretending that lots of library patrons are not homeless, just put the services there to better help them.

Oh and finally, the libraries need better sanitation budgets. They need to be scrubbed down regularly.[/quote]

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