Thursday, March 03, 2005

Bunker - esque

I took the above photo (UPDATE: now deleted), blurry and poorly composed, with my camera phone last night at the main branch of the Thomas Crane library. I stopped by after work to return some book, and then went to the H.H. Richardson Reading Room, where I took the picture.

I like it there. As you can see by the professional snap below, the Reading Room is everything the ideal library should be, all gleaming wood surfaces, high ceilings, with plenty of dark nooks. It smells like a century of books and even has a giant fireplace (which now has a weird metallic moosehead hanging over it). There's never a lot of people in there as it's kind of off the beaten track, the corridor leading to it from the main building being tucked away in a back corner.

I think I shall make this my new lair. The atmosphere is perfect for plotting.
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