Medina's Gorgeous New Library

Wow. What an opening for the Library this morning. Beautiful place. I'm gonna live there. Even though it was packed, that didn't mean that we all felt crowded. There's so much space it's easy to filter off into different rooms and nooks. I took some books to the Quiet Room and sat near the fire and browsed for a while over a coffee. The eye is constantly taking in new vistas. I haven't yet followed up on what school of design they drew upon but there are touches of Art Deco with the curves, pastel colors, and stainless steel railings, etc. The color schemes and the lighting are reader-comforting and the views through the windows are wonderful. But one window looks out on one of those hideous "Victorian" houses listing to one side like a sinking ship. Some misguided folks in Medina want to save them, but now people will say , "get them out of my sight"! What a crowd were there sharing in this happy event. The check outs were doing land office business and I checked mine out at the self-serve machine. Our beautiful library makes a striking contrast with the new one in Akron, which is neither handsome nor visitor friendly.