Comments on: The Donnell Library Center: A Eulogy In Pictures http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/blog/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/ Driven By Boredom was a blog before blog was a word. Featuring original nightlife photography of the hottest spots in NYC. Thu, 17 May 2012 00:16:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: one voices » Blog Archive » traversal53, the night time is the right time http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/blog/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-7496 one voices » Blog Archive » traversal53, the night time is the right time Tue, 07 Dec 2010 05:43:47 +0000 http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/#comment-7496 [...] heard from nate “igor” smith of drivenbyboredom — where we found this post that started our interest in the donnell. igor wrote to us and has some more photos he took of the [...] [...] heard from nate “igor” smith of drivenbyboredom — where we found this post that started our interest in the donnell. igor wrote to us and has some more photos he took of the [...]

]]> By: one voices » Blog Archive » traversal53 opens dec 3rd @ 9pm http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/blog/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-7480 one voices » Blog Archive » traversal53 opens dec 3rd @ 9pm Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:12:39 +0000 http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/#comment-7480 [...] Inspired by photographs of the preparation of the library’s materials for digitizing by archive.org, and the library’s current, ambiguous status, traversal53 is a process of scanning the transitional moment of the building itself, analogous to the scanning of the materials of the library prior to their relocation. [...] [...] Inspired by photographs of the preparation of the library’s materials for digitizing by archive.org, and the library’s current, ambiguous status, traversal53 is a process of scanning the transitional moment of the building itself, analogous to the scanning of the materials of the library prior to their relocation. [...]

]]> By: games for girls http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/blog/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-7216 games for girls Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:03:54 +0000 http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/#comment-7216 so sad................................ so sad…………………………..

]]> By: Cornelia East http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/blog/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-7128 Cornelia East Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:59:27 +0000 http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/#comment-7128 Groundbreaking is scheduled for June 2011. Groundbreaking is scheduled for June 2011.

]]> By: Cornelia East http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/blog/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-7127 Cornelia East Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:47:03 +0000 http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/#comment-7127 The NYPL sold the library, not NYC. The hotel will be 40 stories, not 11. Orient Express Hotels made it taller after the NYTimes article. The NYTimes never followed up with a correction. Chelsea Now had very good continuous coverage of the issue.The NYPL claimed it would cost 80 million to renovate the library but refused to produce the engineer's report they referred to as the source of the info. NYPL claimed it needed new HVAC systems and new elevators. Nothing they said about the deal rang true, but it doesn't matter. There was no public hearing held about a pending sale and the 92% of the NYPL's operating costs come from tax money.The people who are on the board are not the type to offer their actions up for public scrutiny or community input and the members of the City Council were negligent in protecting citizens from this brazen act taken in secret. The library can stil be saved but there has been no one emerging as a leader of this effort. It is a full time job. Send comments to savethedonnelllibrary@gmail.com. The NYPL sold the library, not NYC. The hotel will be 40 stories, not 11. Orient Express Hotels made it taller after the NYTimes article. The NYTimes never followed up with a correction. Chelsea Now had very good continuous coverage of the issue.The NYPL claimed it would cost 80 million to renovate the library but refused to produce the engineer’s report they referred to as the source of the info. NYPL claimed it needed new HVAC systems and new elevators. Nothing they said about the deal rang true, but it doesn’t matter. There was no public hearing held about a pending sale and the 92% of the NYPL’s operating costs come from tax money.The people who are on the board are not the type to offer their actions up for public scrutiny or community input and the members of the City Council were negligent in protecting citizens from this brazen act taken in secret. The library can stil be saved but there has been no one emerging as a leader of this effort. It is a full time job. Send comments to savethedonnelllibrary@gmail.com.

]]> By: Rosie http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/blog/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-7076 Rosie Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:36:06 +0000 http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/#comment-7076 it's too sad...I wish they'd just let it be. thanks for sharing this wonderful post! get teak furniture for your garden and dining room at <a href="http://qualityteakbenches.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">QualityTeakBenches.co.uk</a> it’s too sad…I wish they’d just let it be. thanks for sharing this wonderful post!

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]]> By: Fusenews: Everybody’s Working ON the Week-end (Including Me) « A Fuse #8 Production http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/blog/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-6992 Fusenews: Everybody’s Working ON the Week-end (Including Me) « A Fuse #8 Production Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:09:11 +0000 http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/#comment-6992 [...] In the last days of the Donnell Library here in New York I took my fair share of pictures.  After all, we were there when the first stages of the destruction began.  And I was happy to hold onto them for my own personal use rather than place them where the world could see.  Someone else did not feel such qualms over posting some photos of their own, though.  If you’d like to see The Donnell Library Center: A Eulogy in Pictures [...] [...] In the last days of the Donnell Library here in New York I took my fair share of pictures.  After all, we were there when the first stages of the destruction began.  And I was happy to hold onto them for my own personal use rather than place them where the world could see.  Someone else did not feel such qualms over posting some photos of their own, though.  If you’d like to see The Donnell Library Center: A Eulogy in Pictures [...]

]]> By: » Blog Archive » A U.S. Library I Love (or, Sigh, Loved and Lost) http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/blog/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-6785 » Blog Archive » A U.S. Library I Love (or, Sigh, Loved and Lost) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:31:53 +0000 http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/#comment-6785 [...] the library was closed in 2008 to make way for an 11-story luxury hotel that never materialized.–Marilyn No dialog [...] [...] the library was closed in 2008 to make way for an 11-story luxury hotel that never materialized.–Marilyn No dialog [...]

]]> By: The House Next Door | Links for the Day (December 12th, 2008) http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/blog/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-6677 The House Next Door | Links for the Day (December 12th, 2008) Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:48:59 +0000 http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/#comment-6677 [...] of the Day (click to enlarge): Three images from Driven by Boredom, documenting the shuttered Donnell Library. More through the link. (Hattip: Ryland Walker [...] [...] of the Day (click to enlarge): Three images from Driven by Boredom, documenting the shuttered Donnell Library. More through the link. (Hattip: Ryland Walker [...]

]]> By: Lino http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/blog/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-6201 Lino Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:58:09 +0000 http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/#comment-6201 Today (3-9-09) the NYPL staff received a short missive from "the head" that the sale of Donnell has essentially fallen through. They are negotiating to "get them to live up to their commitment" -meaning that either it's dead altogether or, the NYPl will have to settle for substantially less than the $53M of the original deal. Not too surprising, the hotel and condo markets have tanked but libraries are doing record traffic. Typical. Today (3-9-09) the NYPL staff received a short missive from “the head” that the sale of Donnell has essentially fallen through. They are negotiating to “get them to live up to their commitment” -meaning that either it’s dead altogether or, the NYPl will have to settle for substantially less than the $53M of the original deal. Not too surprising, the hotel and condo markets have tanked but libraries are doing record traffic. Typical.

]]> By: Zelda43 http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/blog/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-6076 Zelda43 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:43:07 +0000 http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/#comment-6076 I worked at Donnell all through college in the 60s. It feels like a piece of my life has disappeared. It was such a vital place back then and busy like you wouldn't believe. I can see it all vividly, so at least my memories still endure. I worked at Donnell all through college in the 60s. It feels like a piece of my life has disappeared. It was such a vital place back then and busy like you wouldn’t believe. I can see it all vividly, so at least my memories still endure.

]]> By: KPM http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/blog/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-6007 KPM Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:11:19 +0000 http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/#comment-6007 Hurrah another overpriced New York hotel that most people can't stay at.... one can certainly understand the need for funds that our cultural institutions have right now...but who will ask the question... when does this end? When do we say enough and stop tearing down our cultural institutions? The New York City Opera, The Baltimore Opera.... what will stand? Hurrah another overpriced New York hotel that most people can’t stay at…. one can certainly understand the need for funds that our cultural institutions have right now…but who will ask the question… when does this end? When do we say enough and stop tearing down our cultural institutions? The New York City Opera, The Baltimore Opera…. what will stand?

]]> By: C.Barr http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/blog/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-6002 C.Barr Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:41:41 +0000 http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/#comment-6002 ...oh, and since this will be of interest the host of this blog, any Donnell films that were deemed necessary for deaccession (really bad condition, titles that never should have been acquired in the first place, etc.) went to Rick Prelinger. So not a single reel was thrown out. …oh, and since this will be of interest the host of this blog, any Donnell films that were deemed necessary for deaccession (really bad condition, titles that never should have been acquired in the first place, etc.) went to Rick Prelinger. So not a single reel was thrown out.

]]> By: C.Barr http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/blog/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-6001 C.Barr Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:55:47 +0000 http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/#comment-6001 I'm pretty irked by all sides of the situation: the library for not providing any useful information whatsoever and the public for making overly dramatic assessions of the situation (uh, the books and films are not in "body bags"- they're bound for much needed offsite cold storage). The evacuation from the library sucked and was really traumatic and I hate that an important cultural center is being closed...but honestly, the building SUCKED and all the collections therein deserved a better home. I’m pretty irked by all sides of the situation: the library for not providing any useful information whatsoever and the public for making overly dramatic assessions of the situation (uh, the books and films are not in “body bags”- they’re bound for much needed offsite cold storage). The evacuation from the library sucked and was really traumatic and I hate that an important cultural center is being closed…but honestly, the building SUCKED and all the collections therein deserved a better home.

]]> By: Filmbat http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/blog/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/comment-page-1/#comment-6000 Filmbat Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:48:35 +0000 http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/2008/12/11/the-donnell-library-center-a-eulogy-in-pictures/#comment-6000 The closing of Donnell was like the evacuation of Vietnam. Not good, not noble. But here is some positive news: the film collection, reserve video collection, Correa video collection and Media Center staff are now at the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. Have been since May. The DVDs (including the popular Superstar Teachers series) were sent to Mid-Manhattan and are still in the process of being unpacked. The Library is undergoing a conceptual change so it's not all greed at work here. Traditionally, the entire NYPL system was divided into three categories: Research branches, Central branches and your regular neighborhood branch. The funding for each category was woefully uneven (research got huge amounts of private money while the branches couldn't buy pencils). Under the new One Library plan, they're trying to erradicate the three divisions to create, you guessed it, one library. So while it is distasteful that an important social institution will be replaced by yet another mid-town hotel, the Donnell collections have been moved to those research branches that now need circulating collections. The closing of Donnell was like the evacuation of Vietnam. Not good, not noble. But here is some positive news: the film collection, reserve video collection, Correa video collection and Media Center staff are now at the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. Have been since May. The DVDs (including the popular Superstar Teachers series) were sent to Mid-Manhattan and are still in the process of being unpacked. The Library is undergoing a conceptual change so it’s not all greed at work here. Traditionally, the entire NYPL system was divided into three categories: Research branches, Central branches and your regular neighborhood branch. The funding for each category was woefully uneven (research got huge amounts of private money while the branches couldn’t buy pencils). Under the new One Library plan, they’re trying to erradicate the three divisions to create, you guessed it, one library. So while it is distasteful that an important social institution will be replaced by yet another mid-town hotel, the Donnell collections have been moved to those research branches that now need circulating collections.

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