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As of last night, 30 November 2007, one of my favourite places in town, the library@orchard, closed for good...
I had spent countless hours browsing the books there, especially the Design and Travel sections...
I was too late to bid goodbye, for by the time I got there with Bryan, Jonathan and Mark, the library had just closed...
I didn't take any photos of the former National Library at Stamford Road when it closed some years ago, but here are the photos of this one...
I just hope another well-stocked library opens up somewhere in town soon after this...
- Mood:
restless
Comments
Why leh?
I luppppeedd that place !! arghhh .... I would sit in one of those HOTLY coveted window seats wid a WHOOLLEEE bunch of gardening books and listen to music whilst looking at orchard road below once in a while .. Sighhhhh .....
The headphones were always occupied, and some people even blatantly slept right at those booths listening to the free music... :(
But the ppl there are mostly all the poor ker lian husbands/teens whose moms and sisters are all shopping non stop downstairs ... loll !!
i'm one of the librarians working at library@orchard or OCCL as we call it. it's nice to know that people do appreciate the library and we're really sorry to close. Alas, the next libraries @orchard won't be up till approx 2010. Also, the decision regarding the non-renewal of the rental lease was made by the landlord and not by the library.
Cheers,
Jillian
http://blogs.nlb.gov.sg/orchard (http://blogs.nlb.gov.sg/orchard)
Thankfully, the library@central is quite well stocked too, and not too out of the way... :P