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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
I have a friend who is directly involved with law enforcement in that area, and he's suggested to me on plenty of occasions that bulldozing old Library downtown would be in the public's best interest. Hangout of shady characters that use it as a narcotics muster point. Needless to say, he doesn't hold much hope the new one will be much different, because as you've mentioned, the people who would actually use it are not going to come downtown for it.
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With the adjacent East Village filling out with a more upscale population and the new library straddling over the barrier of the CTrain tracks I think it stands an okay shot of being a cleaner more attractive venue. This new generation of central libraries are a lot more flexible in their programming than just being book storage units, much like the NMC next door I'd expect it to be host for a fairly regular schedule of functions intended to attract people to the area on a more consistent basis.