Posts Tagged ‘civic center’

CLOSING THE BOOK ON MAIN LIBRARY?

August 6, 2008

The mayor and the city manager explain why the city should—nay, must—close our largest temple of knowledge

PHOTO by RUSS ROCA
Thirty-two years ago, city officials were so bullish about the grim new Burton W. Chace Civic Center that they threw open the doors before it was finished, just for a day: July 4, 1976.
“It was kind [...]

 

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