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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. ROCKML_220223_008.JPG: Date at the Library Your and your Valentine You + Your Adult You + Family & Friends You + Someone/Anyone Who [sic] Special to You You + Grand Parents You + Sorry No Pets
2. ROCKML_220223_022.JPG: I noticed the floor tile pattern before I noticed the rest of the DNA theme.
3. ROCKML_220223_025.JPG: Information is the currency of democracy. Thomas Jefferson Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. Carl Sagan Read in order to live. Gustave Flaubert A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life. Henry Ward Beecher
4. ROCKML_220223_028.JPG: Don't join the book burners. Do not think that you're going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book. President Dwight D. Eisenhower There is no friend as loyal as a book. Ernest Hemingway
5. ROCKML_220223_031.JPG: We read to know we are not alone. C.S. Lewis There is a wonder in reading Braille that the sighted will never know: To touch the words and have them touch you back. Jim Fiebig A library is a hospital for the mind. Anonymous
6. ROCKML_220223_032.JPG: Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation. Walter Cronkite Knowledge is power. Francis Bacon A room without books is like a body without a soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero
7. ROCKML_220223_035.JPG: There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the free public library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office nor wealth receives the slightest consideration. Andrew Carnegie Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one if transitory, the other perpetual. Socrates
8. ROCKML_220223_037.JPG: We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. President John F. Kennedy Censorship relflects [sic] a society's lack of confidence in itself. Potter Stewart
9. ROCKML_220223_041.JPG: Once you learn to read you will be forever free. Frederick Douglass Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie Learning is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily. Chinese Proverb A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone. Jo Goodwin
10. ROCKML_220223_044.JPG: Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries. Anne Herbert Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. Groucho Marx A book is the only immortality. Rufus Choate
11. ROCKML_220223_047.JPG: To read is to empower To empower is to write To write is to influence To influence is to change To change is to live. Jane Evershed I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library. Jorge Luis Borges
12. ROCKML_220223_053.JPG: The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. Dr. Seuss An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest Benjamin Franklin Literature is my utopia. Helen Keller
13. ROCKML_220223_055.JPG: My alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity. Malcolm X Libraries... House our dreams. Nikki Giovanni I am part of everything that I have read. John ... [ I didn't get a clear photo of the name but the quote is usually attributed to Teddy Roosevelt. ]
14. ROCKML_220223_065.JPG: DNA themed book cases.
15. ROCKML_220223_068.JPG: Microfilm
16. ROCKML_220223_073.JPG: Print formats for newspapers and magazines are not available at this time. Please ask at the information desk for instructions on how to access the electronic versions.
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18. ROCKML_220223_102.JPG: No donations. Donations will be discarded.
19. ROCKML_220319_001.JPG: [I had to photograph this one again from different angles since the handrail blocks the shot.] My alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity. Malcolm X Libraries... House our dreams. Nikki Giovanni I am part of everything that I have read. John Kieran [ I didn't get a clear photo of the name but the quote is usually attributed to Teddy Roosevelt. ]
20. ROCKML_220319_008.JPG: Double helix motif on the bookcases
21. ROCKML_220319_027.JPG: It's interesting to see this old undated photograph with the now-removed Confederate statue being located in the middle of the street.
22. ROCKML_220319_033.JPG: Search Discover Transform Advance Construct Tomorrow Imagine Global Culture Sustain Peace Circulate Knowledge [ Double helix theme again. ]
23. ROCKML_220319_036.JPG: "... you must allow all ideas to circulate freely in your community, not merely your own." -- Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Peace Circulate Knowledge Endure Logic Connect Nurture Ideas Share Path Create Energy Thrive Past Present Future
24. ROCKML_220319_040.JPG: COVID test kits and masks. Limit 2 test kits and 1 bag of masks per person per day.
25. ROCKML_220319_053.JPG: Rockville Library Building Features and Green Design Characteristics Grimm + Parker Architects May 2007 [ This folder was obtained from the reference desk upstairs. ]
26. ROCKML_220319_055.JPG: The new Rockville Library is envisioned as a celebration of Rockville's past, present, and future. The curving exterior walls allude to a very significant event in Rockville's history - perhaps THE most significant event - the mapping of the human genome took place in Rockville and was accomplished in the year 2000. This milestone in human history is forever captured and commemorated in the new Rockville library design - both outside and inside, in a myriad of ways. The library is entered from the center of the New Town Plaza, into an exciting lobby space with an inviting, curvilinear "wonder wall" that celebrates history and current events through video display screens located prominently along it. This wonder wall also serves to physically organize the library and separate it into public and private (staff) areas. After following the wonder wall into the library, visitors come upon a delightful, exciting atrium space that is at the heart of the building. From this atrium area, customers are served at the circulation desk, have access to self check-out, and are greeted by the first floor information desk. The first floor houses the popular collections as well as the children and teen areas. From this central atrium space, staff has excellent sightlines through all of the first floor book stacks (which are aligned radially so staff can see down each aisle between every stack) out to the reading and seating areas along the glass wall. The central atrium space serves to visually connect the lower floor to the upper floor as a grand stair invites customers up to the rest of the collection located on the second floor. Upon arriving on the second floor, customers are invited to browse the collection, browse the periodicals, visit the computer lab, use the public computers, visit quiet rooms and group study rooms, and just hang out and read along the curving glass wall that opens up to the Town Center beyond. Staff areas are located behind the wonder wall on this floor also and they have quick and easy access to the stacks and other areas that staff will serve and support. The sightlines on this floor are excellent as well - as staff emerges from staff areas they can see down all of the aisles of book stacks due to the radial alignment of the stacks. The public library areas are intended to be open and visually accessible throughout, to maximize staff's ability to safely supervise and secure the interiors of the library. The reading areas located along the street will provide a nice place for users to curl up with a book, access the internet, do research, work on a group project or be a great place to relieve eye strain and look outside. The curving exterior wall delights passersby and engages the street, as well as brings controlled daylight into the interior of the library. This curving exterior wall is very distinctive from the surrounding Town Center architecture, thus providing the Library with a memorable civic quality and form. In order to assure the thermal comfort of library users along the glass wall areas, special energy conserving glass is utilized to reduce heat gain through the glass in summer. Size: 102,670 gross square feet, three stories. First and Second Floors -- Library (64,285 gross square feet), Retail (3,645 gross square feet) Third Floor -- 34,740 gross square feet (29,875 net square feet) Library Administration and Friends of the Library (12,125 net square feet); Geographic Information Systems (5,545 net square feet); Office of Human Rights (6,835 net square feet); Literacy Council of Montgomery County (4,190 net square feet); and Department of Public Works and Transportation (1,180 net square feet),
27. ROCKML_220319_059.JPG: The new Rockville Library is located at the heart of Rockville's new "Town Center" - a vibrant, multi-block area that has been designed on the human scale with the mixed uses of living spaces, commercial spaces, civic spaces, and parking that promises to create a vital new neighborhood. The Town Center has been designed on a walk able scale: there are restaurants with room for sidewalk cafes, retail spaces that engage the new Town Plaza, grocery shopping places to support the housing throughout the Town Center, outdoor public gathering spaces (the Town Plaza and the sidewalks), civic spaces (the Library and the Arts Center), and lots of public and residential parking garages behind the scenes. This new walk able town center of Rockville has something for everyone- a public plaza for community events - like concerts and farmer's markets and flea markets and for just hanging out; as well as the new public Library - the "anchor store" of the soon to be thriving commercial and retail establishments. The library directly contributes to the vitality of the Town Center by "giving the corner back to retail"- i.e. a new restaurant complete with a sidewalk cafe is situated at the corner of the library site. The library's main entrance is at the center of the New Town Plaza and it interacts with the Plaza through its meeting room, its lobby, and its many spaces that face the Plaza. The library, as the "anchor store" for the New Town Center, has the opportunity to "give back" to the Plaza by engaging the Plaza the way a retail bookstore might - i.e. with attractive window displays that are illuminated and by being open at the same time as surrounding retail, i.e. extended library hours. The library also engages Maryland Avenue with its curving see-through wall that invites visitors in and creates intimate seating alcoves along the sidewalk. This undulating wall along Maryland Avenue is what sets the library apart from its surrounding neighbors and helps it to stand out visually as a destination in the New Town Center. The curving facade metaphorically alludes to the historical significance of the mapping of the Human Genome which occurred in Rockville in the year 2000. This extremely significant event in human history is forever commemorated and celebrated in one of the most public edifices in society - the community library. This allows everyone in the community to share and remember the significant historical event. The library has an obligation as the "anchor store" for the Town Center to be a worthy destination. That means the library really needs to deliver a compelling and exciting experience that people would like to have again and again. In that light, the interior of the library has been designed to provide a series of different experiences that folks can enjoy as they visit the library time and time again. The interior design was intended to have something for everyone - children, teens, adults, seniors, families, extroverts, introverts, scholars, readers, lecturers,
28. ROCKML_220319_062.JPG: researchers, people with disabilities, people who speak different languages - i.e. everyone is meant to feel included and invited to experience all of the wonderful resources that the library has to offer. The library is a large two story public library with a tremendous amount of resources to offer to the public. There are so many resources, in fact, they could not all be contained on just one floor level. Therefore, the collection is divided up in a very user friendly fashion - with the very large popular collections (books on cd's, mysteries, music, fiction, etc), children's collection, teen's collection, computers, reading areas, information, check-out, returns, and a large meeting room on the first floor. There is an inviting central staircase in the main atrium space, as well as two elevators near the front door as you come in, to take you directly and quickly up to the second floor. On the second floor you'll find more of the fiction collection, the non-fiction collection, the reference collection, the talking book collection, micro-fiche archives, information, computers, study areas, the computer lab, quiet rooms, group study rooms, private study rooms, reading areas, periodicals, caf� style seating, lounge seating, and study carrels. The library houses a robust and diverse collection: with extensive fiction and non- fiction (written, a/v, and multi-media) materials; it also includes many foreign language books, an extensive business collection, a special talking book collection for the vision impaired, and large children and teen collections. The library offers many physical features to attract customers and keep them coming back: a "wow" interior design that includes caf� tables and chairs, lounge seating, reading tables and chairs, quiet rooms, group study areas, private study areas, family reading areas, a family rest room in the children's area, large meeting rooms, a children's program room, many public computers, and excellent lighting throughout. The interior furnishings and colors are intended to be refreshing and timeless, not simply trendy, so the library will not feel "dated" or go out of style. Interesting murals are located throughout the building: in the central atrium, there is a thoughtful quote mural celebrating the significance of knowledge, books, literature, and libraries in our society. In the children's area, there is a beautiful mural celebrating the diversity of languages and cultures from around the world that are represented in Rockville's local community - the word "read" is featured in 23 different languages and alphabets! Near the Teen area, there is an abstract mural that engages one's imagination about space, time, scale, and reality. On the second floor, there is a business, industry, science, arts, and culture mural on that celebrates and reflects the diversity of interests and expertise that exists in Montgomery County. Also on the second floor, there is a mural that celebrates the unique history of Rockville as it has evolved over time - from a rural stop along an Indian trail to a small Victorian town to a thriving commercial, cultural, and civic center in Montgomery County.
29. ROCKML_220319_065.JPG: Building Features and Green Design Characteristics Perhaps the first "green" aspect of the new Rockville Library is its location-at the heart of Rockville's New Town Center and within walking distance of a Metro stop and several key bus lines. This new "Town Center" - a vibrant, multi-block area that has been designed on a human scale with mixed use living spaces, commercial spaces, civic spaces, and concealed garage parking - promises to create a vital new neighborhood. The Town Center has been designed on a "walkable" scale: restaurants with sidewalk cafes, retail spaces that engage the New Town Plaza, grocery shopping places to support the housing throughout the Town Center, outdoor public gathering spaces, civic spaces, and lots of public and residential parking garages for support. The library is the "anchor store" for the New Town Center and it has the opportunity to "give back" to the Town Center by engaging the Plaza the way a retail bookstore might through attractive window displays that are illuminated and by being open at the same time as surrounding retail (i.e. extended library hours). The library also engages Maryland Avenue with its curving see- through wall that invites visitors in and creates intimate seating alcoves along the sidewalk. This undulating wall along Maryland Avenue is what sets the library apart from its surrounding neighbors and helps it to stand out visually as a destination in the New Town Center. The curving facade metaphorically alludes to the historical significance of the mapping of the Human Genome which occurred in Rockville in the year 2000. This extremely significant event in human history is forever commemorated and celebrated in one of the most public edifices in society - the community library. This allows everyone in the community to share and remember the significant historical event. Eye-catching murals are installed throughout the building. In the central atrium, there is a thoughtful quote mural celebrating the significance of knowledge, books, literature, and libraries in our society. In the children's area, there is a beautiful mural celebrating the diversity of languages and cultures from around the world that are represented in Rockville's local community - the word "read" is featured in 23 different languages and alphabets. Near the Teen area, there is an abstract mural that engages one's imagination about space, time, scale, and reality. On the second floor, there is a business, industry, science, arts, and culture mural that celebrates and reflects on the diversity of interests and expertise that exists in Montgomery County. Also on the second floor, there is a mural that celebrates the unique history of Rockville as it has evolved over time - from a rural stop along an Indian trail to a small Victorian town to a thriving commercial, cultural, and civic center in Montgomery County. where Perhaps one of the most interesting features of the design is the children's area - numerous kinds of eco-systems are depicted and celebrated on the end panels of the shelving. By celebrating Nature in the children's area, the design can help to raise everyone's awareness of nature and our human interdependency with nature. The colorful and playful end panels will hopefully stimulate a conversation between parent and child about what is depicted on them. By depicting four different eco-systems on the end panels - an alpine climate, a rainforest climate, a desert climate, and a grassy plains climate, perhaps the design can help to develop a sensitivity to the delicate balance that exists in these unique and fascinating climates. The end panels not only depict flora -with palm trees and pine trees and cacti and deciduous trees, but they also depict fauna - showing the animal footprints of frogs, snow hares, coyotes, and deer (or antelopes). Also depicted on the end panels are references to the physical climate or geography of each eco-system: the rippling water of the rain forest, the falling snow in the alpine, the arid sand
30. ROCKML_220319_070.JPG: dunes of the desert, and wind swept grasses of the open plains. These features tell a story about nature and they aspire to capture the imagination of a child (and maybe even an adult). There is also a map of the world - showing the diversity of human culture across the globe and the diversity of wild life and animal cultures across the globes (see the special table tops in the children's area with the animals pictures). The new Rockville Library is also designed to incorporate many environmental elements that significantly reduce or eliminate the building's impact on the environment, while providing an inviting, friendly, and comfortable place for the library's staff and visitors. These sustainable design features, systems, and materials include the following: Siting and Building Orientation: * At over 100,000 gross square feet of Library, Retail, and Office space, the library is a mixed use building, organized on three floors, in the heart of the new Rockville Town Center, an urban re-development. This urban redevelopment is design with sustainability in mind - a place where one can live, work, and shop - with excellent access to public transportation. * The actual Library site was previously a parking lot, thus the new construction did not increase the imperviousness area in the County. * A Compact building footprint for a three-story, multi-use building reduces site disturbance. * The Site's walkable proximity to Rockville Metro Center encourages use of public transportation (including buses, metro rail, as well as passenger train). * A drop-off area, street parking and nearby parking garages satisfy commuter parking needs. Further, this approach to parking encourages the public to engage in "one stop shopping" - i.e. folks park one time and they visit several establishments - from the library to a wide variety of retail shops and restaurants to an organic grocery store. Both storm water quantity and quality are incorporated into the new regional facility that accommodates the newly-constructed urban development. * Shade trees are planted along Maryland Avenue to provide shading to the east facing glass wall. These shade trees are of a substantial size and diameter so they are providing screening in their very first season. * The building's frontage to the plaza is also shaded by awnings. These shaded paved surfaces and building facades help to reduce "heat island effects," which contribute to higher summer temperatures. Heat island effects can result in increased cooling loads which require larger HVAC equipment and energy for building operations. These effects can be mitigated though the application of shading and the use of materials that reflect the sun's heat instead of absorbing it. Energy Efficiency and Indoor Environmental Quality * The Library is equipped with an HVAC system that meets the County requirements of being at least 30% more efficient than ASHRAE 90.1 standards. This includes: high efficiency condensing boilers, primary/variable speed secondary pumping for heating water and chilled water systems, unequal chiller/cooling tower capacity for efficient lead- lag control based on load, variable speed cooling tower fans, low hp to cfm air handling units, condenser water reset to optimize chiller efficiency. * Additional energy efficient control strategies are designed into the library's mechanical system such as night setback, economizer cycles, and supply air reset. * Regarding VOC's (Volatile Organic Compounds), the Library utilizes low-emitting materials, such as carpet, adhesives, and paints, to reduce the quantity of indoor air
31. ROCKML_220319_075.JPG: contaminants that are odorous, irritating and/or harmful to the comfort and well-being of installers and occupants. * The project utilized building and HVAC commissioning during construction and prior to occupancy. "Building Commissioning" is a quality control process and set of procedures that are performed during construction by independent building inspectors to ensure that the HVAC systems are built and operating according to the design intent of the mechanical engineers. * There is CO2 monitoring throughout the library. With CO2 sensors connected to the ventilation system, the amount of fresh air supplied to the interior spaces can be modulated. More fresh air can be supplied to a space when increased occupancy demands it. When fewer people are present, ventilation is reduced, thus saving energy. The natural lighting strategy that is employed involves harvesting daylight through high end energy conserving glass. Evergreen glass, which is used through out, filters out most of the infra-red (this is the light that causes heat gain) portion of the light spectrum. It also filters out most of the ultra-violet (this is the destructive light that causes materials to fade) portion of the light spectrum. A large amount of visible light is allowed in through this type of glass. * The artificial lighting strategy for the library includes both light-emitting diode (or LED) lights and direct/indirect pendant lights that utilize compact fluorescent bulbs rather than incandescent. The benefits for LED lights include their long-life and mild temperature, thus reducing the need for air conditioning load normally needed to cool the hot air caused by standard lights. * The building utilizes "Green Power" that is purchased for the county by Montgomery County Government. Building Envelope: * The efficient building envelope includes: a roof assembly designed to R-30 and exterior wall assembly designed to R-19. R-value is a measure of the capacity of a material to impede heat flow, with increasing values indicating a greater capacity. * The building employs a "Cool roof" technology which includes a reflective modified bitumen roofing system with white granulated cap sheet to reduce the "heat island effect". The glass curtain wall along the perimeter of the building maximizes natural daylight in library study areas and provides both visitors and staff with views and a connection to the outside. * High-performance, double-glazed, "Low-E" windows with thermal breaks and "Evergreen" glass tint to control solar loads (low-energy glass is insulated and tinted to filter heat and UV rays from the sun and maximizes the amount of useable natural light to enter the building). Water Conservation: * Native and drought-resistant plants are utilized throughout the Town Center that eliminate the need for an irrigation system or extensive watering are planted around the building perimeter. * All lavatories and sinks in the library have self-closing, metering faucets with time adjustment of 5-20 seconds per cycle. The fixtures are also fitted with a 2.2 gpm maximum flow aerator on the spout. Conservation of Materials and Resources * Numerous locally-manufactured building materials are utilized - including the brick.
32. ROCKML_220319_080.JPG: Many materials used though out the building have high-recycled content, including: steel framing, steel studs, steel book shelving, carpet, acoustical ceiling panels, and drywall. Design Features that were Intended, but were not Realized (unfortunately - due to budget constraints at bid time) Solar control on the exterior was designed with numerous exterior sun shades and screens along the entire eastern and southern facades at all curtain wall areas, including a five foot deep overhanging cornice at the top floor which would have shaded all of the offices on the top floor. Interior daylight and glare control was designed with diffusing roller shades, i.e. Mecho- Shades. Rooftop skylights were part of the original design intent. They were intended to bring natural daylight to third floor office spaces that were not close to exterior windows and daylight. Artificial light controls: dimming ballasts for fluorescent lighting systems was explored but could not be afforded. Multiple switching of lights and occupancy sensors through out the building were intended to allow maximum artificial and daylighting control. These can still be added at a future date. Bike storage and a changing room with a shower were designed in order to encourage staff to bike to work. Floors: 3 c. 102,670 gsf. Total Project Cost: $26.3M Opened: October 2006 The Team Owner: Montgom Archit The Details allude to a very significant and future. The curving exterior walls a celebration of Rockville's past, present, The new Rockville Library is envisioned as significant Rockville's history * Many materials used though out the building have high-recycled content, including: steel framing, steel studs, steel book shelving, carpet, acoustical ceiling panels, and drywall. Design Features that were Intended, but were not Realized (unfortunately - due to budget constraints at bid time) * Solar control on the exterior was designed with numerous exterior sun shades and screens along the entire eastern and southern facades at all curtain wall areas, including a five foot deep overhanging cornice at the top floor which would have shaded all of the offices on the top floor. * Interior daylight and glare control was designed with diffusing roller shades, i.e. Mecho- Shades. * Rooftop skylights were part of the original design intent. They were intended to bring natural daylight to third floor office spaces that were not close to exterior windows and daylight. * Artificial light controls: dimming ballasts for fluorescent lighting systems was explored but could not be afforded. Multiple switching of lights and occupancy sensors through out the building were intended to allow maximum artificial and daylighting control. These can still be added at a future date. * Bike storage and a changing room with a shower were designed in order to encourage staff to bike to work.
33. ROCKML_220319_085.JPG: Rockville Library Rockville, Maryland The Facts Size: 102,670 gsf. Floors: 3 Opened: October 2006 Total Project Cost: $26.3M The Team Owner: Montgomery County Libraries Architect: Grimm + Parker Architects Contractor: Forrester Construction Civil Engineer: A. Morton Thomas Structural Engineer: CEI Engineers M/E/P Engineer: Gipe Associates Terrazzo Flooring: Heidi Lippman The Details The new Rockville Library is envisioned as a celebration of Rockville's past, present, and future. The curving exterior walls allude to a very significant event in Rockville's history - perhaps THE most significant event - the mapping of the human genome took place in Rockville and was accomplished in the year 2000. This milestone in human history is forever captured and commemorated in the new Rockville library design - both outside and inside, in a myriad of ways. The library is entered from the center of the New Town Plaza, into an exciting lobby space with an inviting, curvilinear "wonder wall" that celebrates history of current events through video display screens located prominently along it. This wonder wall also serves to physically organize the library and separate it into public and private (staff) areas. After following the wonder wall into the library, visitors come upon a delightful, exciting atrium space that is at the heart of the building. From this atrium area, customers are served at the circulation desk, have access to self check-out, and are greeted by the first floor information desk. The first floor houses the popular collections as well as the children and teen areas. From this central atrium space, staff has excellent sightlines through all of the first floor book stacks (which are aligned radially so staff can see down each aisle between every stack) out to the reading and seating areas along the glass wall.
34. ROCKML_220319_087.JPG: The public library areas are intended to be open and visually accessible throughout, to maximize staff's ability to safely supervise and secure the interiors of the library. The reading areas located along the street will provide a comfortable place for users to curl up with a book, access the internet, do research, work on a group project or sit in a great place to relieve eye strain and look outside. The curving exterior wall delights passersby and engages the street, as well as brings controlled daylight into the interior of the library. This curving exterior wall is very distinctive from the surrounding Town Center architecture, thus providing the Library with a memorable civic quality and form. In order to assure the thermal comfort of library users along the glass wall areas, special energy conserving glass is utilized to reduce heat gain through the glass in summer.
35. ROCKML_220319_094.JPG: ROCKVILLE MURAL DESCRIPTIONS: Artist: Julia Ventura Crawford for Grimm+Parker Architects Photographs: Historic photographs provided by Peerless Rockville, Children's photographs provided by Montgomery Public Library System Medium: Digital composition printed on contact paper (self adhesive wall paper) Inspired by the children of Rockville who come from all over the world, this mural features their portraits. Alluding to the periodic table of elements, it illustrates that each child is an essential component to the community, each other and the world. The translations of the word "read" into the various languages spoken in the community signify the diversity that is joined by the one common alphabet they learn. Inspired by the mapping of the human genome which is a project of local and historic significance in Rockville, this double helix and spiral DNA graphic takes your imagination out of this world and into the universe. With scientific progress comes new responsibility and greater respect for the dynamic universe we share as human beings. Inspired by the turn of events, historical records and transforming neighborhood streets of Rockville, this mural commemorates the land, buildings and people who were essential to the development of the city. The foresight and perseverance of many generations has shaped the character within the city's boundaries and beyond. Inspired by the science, technology, music, art and industry of today's society, in this mural you will find the musical notes of John Lennon's Imagine, a sketch of Rockville library's curving wall and the electrical recording of the human heart rate. It demonstrates our innate ability to formulate, express and develop ideas for a better tomorrow. HOPWELL MURAL DESCRIPTIONS: Artist: Julia Ventura Crawford for Grimm + Parker Architects Photographs: Provided by the Appomattox Regional Library System Medium: Digital composition printed on contact paper (self adhesive wall paper) Design Concept: Industry and Landscape Inspired by the industrial presence in the City of Hopewell and its location at the confluence of the James and Appomattox Rivers, this mural illustrates the natural landscape and the manmade interventions that co-exist and enrich the region. Design Concept: Buildings and Architecture Inspired by the turn of events and historical milestones, this mural illustrates the wood buildings and streetscapes in Hopewell, Virginia before the infamous Hopewell Fire of 1915 and the city's rise and evolution to brick facades and progressive architecture of the 21st century.
36. ROCKML_220319_097.JPG: MANTEL PIECES IN MEETING ROOM 2 The mantel pieces were originally from the Vinson house and were removed by George M. Anderson before it was torn down in the 1950s. They were stored in the Anderson home on West Montgomery Ave. for a while before Peerless got them. (The Andersons and Vinsons were closely related.) Maude McGovern, Manager, Peerless Rockville The mantel pieces, along with the soda fountain in Meeting Room 1 from Vinson's Drug Store, come from the collections of Peerless Rockville, a historical organization located in the Red Brick Courthouse in Rockville. For more info: PEERLESS ROCKVILL@ 301762-0096
37. ROCKML_220319_100.JPG: Parking: Street parking and nearby parking garages, plus a drop off area and nearby short-term parking. Books & Collections: The collection has approximately 200,000 items which include print and non-print. Special Collections include: Business Information, Government Information, Children's Resource Collection, serving the childcare community; Disability Resource Collection, including large print books, and the Talking Books program from the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress. Technology: Approximately 22 PCs on each floor are available for public use (with the capacity for more than double that). A PC lab with adaptive hardware and software. Wireless Tech (Wi-Fi) available to anyone who brings their own properly configured equipment. The building has energy efficient glass, heating, and cooling. Library Features: Children's room, teen area, popular materials center, world languages (Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Russian and Vietnamese), circulation functions, and a staff work room on the first floor. Adult and reference areas on the second floor, the disability resource collection, including two quiet study rooms, group study rooms, tutor rooms, computer lab, a public meeting room, and Ask-A-Librarian Services.
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