Richards Free Library Blog

MAY 31, 2006

The Old Front Door

This week you’ll have to use the original front door to enter the library. We closed that door in 1988 to everyday traffic and made it an emergency exit. All day people have been telling me that it is like old times to come in that way. We’ll return to using the main entry next week after the epoxy coating is dry on the steps.

The step repair also means that we had to close the outdoor book drop. We have altered our automated system so that no one will incur fines while the book drop is closed.

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Ann Stout said, on Jun. 8 at 1:33PM
Andrea, YOur picture of the front door seems to have covered some of your text on my conmputer. Ann

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Glenn said, on Jun. 8 at 4:30PM
What a gorgeous entrance! Have you considered posting it Flickr?

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Andrea said, on Jun. 12 at 5:49AM
Ann: What browser are you using? Here at the library we use Mozilla Suite and Firefox and it looks fine. I just checked it on Windows Explorer and for some reason it displays incorrectly there. Explorer is picky that way. I'll see if my host can fix that line of code. Andrea

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Lucy 'Hedgehog' Wells said, on Jun. 12 at 6:30AM
'Tis a wonderful entry indeed. How is the architectural style described? And ... is there an historic plaque at this entrance? Love what you've done to the place! Hope high traffic continues through all the doors! The web display works well with Safari on my Mac. I (as Hedgehog's Whimsey BOOKS Used & New) am moving my Sarah Josepha Hale Awardee Authors selection to downtown Newport later this month and off our closed Chandlers Mills Rd. The retail adventure will be at 8 Main St. in the Lewis Block. There'll be a other book selections, too.