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Posted on December 12, 2019 December 11, 2019

2013 Library user survey results indicated that users care about services.Facilities issues were nearly nonexistent

by Steve Kim

Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Library had a different, more pragmatic renovation plan prior to 2018. That plan was deemed sufficient to address the future service needs of the Library. In the 2018 library trustee meeting minutes, the architect mentions that plan would cost $5 million. That plan matches the alternate plan mentioned at this year’s meeting at Village Council: $4 million for the library. $1 million was probably for squaring the auditorium, which the alternate plan doesn’t include.

Posted on October 25, 2019 October 24, 2019

The library is about reading and learning. Books are core to that process

Dear VC

Thank you for having a session on the Library.

Some key points…
* How could RPL ask for $3.7 million when the cap is $200/psf and the building is noted as 34k sf?
* Most don’t want the prominent stairs. Don’t take my word for it. Do your own research. You are signing off on the project after all.
* Teen center should be much bigger if that is a key reason for the reno.
* We should find a more flow effective way of ushering light into the place. The light fixture is better these days.
* Library is about reading and learning. Books are core to that process. It is about books, then other elements and aspects work around it.
* Auditorium expands to alleviate a few standing rooms only shows makes zero sense.

Thank you.

Steve Kim

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Posted on October 24, 2019 October 24, 2019

Reimagined Ridgewood Library, but What about the Books?

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Ridgewood NJ, resident Steve Kim‎ sums it up the best on the Ridgewood Library ReImangine :

“Reimagined Ridgewood Library will have…