 
Blessyouboys
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Username: Blessyouboys
Post Number: 325
Registered: 07-2005
Posted From: 69.215.248.8
| | Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 11:13 pm: |    |
Drove by the gorgeous Mcgregor Library in Highland Park and saw quite a bit of work taking place. I might have saw a crane there moving/taking stuff on the roof.
Anyone have word what's going on?
Pillaging? |
Gumby
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Username: Gumby
Post Number: 957
Registered: 11-2003
Posted From: 68.60.143.186
| | Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 11:45 pm: | |
I heard at one time that the mayor or someone was using their own money to redo the roof so it can reopen. |
Gumby
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Username: Gumby
Post Number: 960
Registered: 11-2003
Posted From: 68.60.143.186
| | Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 11:51 pm: | |
Although I wouldn't be suprised if it is skulker coming to knock over another building because he hates them so much. |
Barnesfoto
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Username: Barnesfoto
Post Number: 1801
Registered: 10-2003
Posted From: 66.2.148.74
| | Posted on Monday, March 20, 2006 - 11:59 pm: | |
great news. That building is a treasure and I've always wanted to have a gawk at the photo archive that they have in the basement. |
Blessyouboys
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Username: Blessyouboys
Post Number: 326
Registered: 07-2005
Posted From: 69.215.248.8
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 12:06 am: | |
Thanks Gumby, good to hear/and see. |
1953
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Username: 1953
Post Number: 733
Registered: 12-2004
Posted From: 65.54.97.188
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 12:28 am: | |
I can confirm that Highland Park obtained money for the roof repairs, to stop leaks and stablize the building. They are still looking for money to reopen the building, hopefully as a library/community center. Also, they need money for new parking meters in front of city hall. Anyone who would like to donate can contact me for more info. |
Detourdetroit
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Username: Detourdetroit
Post Number: 174
Registered: 10-2003
Posted From: 68.255.237.71
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 12:34 am: | |
Adamo, Ferguson and Homrich are joining forces to form a collective called Bermuda Triangle Wrecking. They will converge from their disparate home bases and lay waste to McGregor... |
Lmichigan
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Username: Lmichigan
Post Number: 3365
Registered: 10-2003
Posted From: 67.172.95.197
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 1:10 am: | |
lol
1953, that would make one awesome community center for Highland Park. I hope the city will search with as much time and resources as it can possibly give to that effort to attract a private investor, because the city sure can't afford to run a library now, or even in the forseeable future, I'd think. The actual structure, though, is one the city can't afford to lose, and I'm glad they are taking the necessary steps to save it. |
1953
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Username: 1953
Post Number: 735
Registered: 12-2004
Posted From: 209.104.146.146
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 10:12 am: | |
Lmichigan...my organization is working with Highland Park to help them locate federal, national and local foundation funding and to develop a sustainability plan for the reopened library. It is a significant task, but it must be done. I'm not sure if we will be successful, but we hope to get them moving in the right direction. |
Lakesuperior
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Username: Lakesuperior
Post Number: 118
Registered: 06-2005
Posted From: 68.77.170.94
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 2:36 pm: | |
i had a plan to rescue all those books from mcgregor- while on rollerskates.
as a librarian, it breaks my fricking heart every time i drive by that library knowing that there are thousands of books in there getting dripped on through a holey roof. it's an absolute travesty.
and 1953- i can't believe you didn't tell me about this project! as a former colleague of yours and as a librarian, i am positively indignant! information withholder! |
Neilr
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Username: Neilr
Post Number: 221
Registered: 06-2005
Posted From: 69.242.215.65
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 3:27 pm: | |
quote:and 1953- i can't believe you didn't tell me about this project! as a former colleague of yours and as a librarian, i am positively indignant! information withholder!
"Information withholder" must be the worst of all possible insults that a librarian can hurl at another human being.  I just love librarians! |
Esp
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Username: Esp
Post Number: 9
Registered: 09-2005
Posted From: 68.84.186.71
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 3:30 pm: | |
What photos do they have in the basement? |
Barnesfoto
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Username: Barnesfoto
Post Number: 1802
Registered: 10-2003
Posted From: 66.2.149.52
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 4:18 pm: | |
An archive of photos showing the history of HP.
It would have been nice if someone had moved them to a drier place; I can only hope that the photos are still in good shape. |
Lakesuperior
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Username: Lakesuperior
Post Number: 120
Registered: 06-2005
Posted From: 68.77.170.94
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 5:33 pm: | |
information withholding is a serious crime in the world of librarians... information is to be shared, organized for easy retrieval, and treated with respect!
neilr- 1953's transgression will be dealt with, don't you worry! |
Crew
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Username: Crew
Post Number: 877
Registered: 02-2004
Posted From: 146.9.52.50
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 5:38 pm: | |
I think Lakesuperior just confirmed the existance of the Librarian-Mafia. |
Lmichigan
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Username: Lmichigan
Post Number: 3370
Registered: 10-2003
Posted From: 67.172.95.197
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 8:51 pm: | |
And when they call a hit, how do they kill you? By beating you to death with hardcovered copies of War and Peace? lol |
Mauser765
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Username: Mauser765
Post Number: 729
Registered: 01-2004
Posted From: 4.229.69.26
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 8:55 am: | |
"I walk the corner to the rubble that used to be a Library
Line up to the mind cemetery...
What we don’t know keeps the contracts alive and movin’
They don’t gotta burn the books they just remove ’em
While arms warehouses fill as quick as the cells
Rally round the Family - with a pocket full of shells...."
-Bulls on Parade |
Mauser765
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Username: Mauser765
Post Number: 730
Registered: 01-2004
Posted From: 4.229.69.26
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 8:57 am: | |
Hey 1953 - how do I contact you ?
I have no money but may be able to help.
detroit.funk at yahoo.com |