While the coronavirus continues to
ravage our lives, we take a look at one educational and relaxing way you can escape
the craziness in the comfort (and safety) of your own home…reading!Thanks to funding from the Greenpoint
Community Environment Fund, a new local library has opened. The Greenpoint Library and Environmental
Education Center is offering a socially-distanced service for all locals. The
Brooklyn Public Library leadership has engaged in the renovation of all of the libraries. Over the next five years, it is hoped that at
least a third of them will be redeveloped.
But meanwhile, thanks to the fantastic
architectural work of SCAPE as well as the design from Marble Fairbanks, what
is on offer is phenomenal. Double in
size of its predecessor, the 15,000 sq. ft library has both an indoor and an
outdoor space along with a grab-and-go service to limit the spread of the coronavirus. According
to CEO and President of the Brooklyn Public Library Linda E. Johnson:
"The new
Greenpoint Library models the enormous potential of public libraries in the
21st century. With the help of our partners, from the Greenpoint Community
Environmental Fund to Marble Fairbanks, we created a space for everyone in the
community that is as inspiring as it is versatile. In 2020, in Brooklyn and
beyond, we need more libraries like this one: that make vital knowledge and
beautiful design accessible to all, that empower people from all walks of life
to come together and build a more sustainable, more just world."
