Friday, August 20, 2010
From Edward Pikula, Springfield City Law Dept: The City's relocation expert reports that in his communications with the Urban League they have indicated they are target for a 9/29 or 9/30 move. I need to meet with representatives of the SLF ( Springfield Library Foundation) and SMA ( Springfield Museums Association) to assure that funding is in place for our renovation related contracts, and hope to report more on that next week.
From Molly Fogarty, Director, Springfield Library Dept: Steve Jablonski is overseeing the roof replacement and will be meeting with Rivet Roofing . The Request for Proposals for Self Check and Media Management equipment has been submitted.
Friday, August 13, 2010
From Molly Fogarty, Director, Springfield Library Dept: The Law Dept. does not have any new information. The furniture and shelving have been ordered. I attended the Nike event last Sunday, and encouraged anyone that I spoke to, to view the “Coming soon“ display in our exterior display window. (It was a wonderful event!!)
In response to [the] request [to check the old Library sign], I have followed up with Henry Thomas, he has responded and let me know that he is checking into it. He thinks that the Springfield City Library sign was painted over, rather than covered. However, he is not sure and will update us as soon as he is. If the sign was painted, we can replace it with a new sign that reflects our current system signage.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
MSL Weekly Update
Friday, August 06, 2010
Message from Ed Pikula: The Law Department has nothing new to report with respect to the Urban League. Our last understanding was that they were on target to relocate to temporary quarters as previously indicated.
In response to the question about the old Springfield Library sign on 765 State Street , Jean Canosa did some research and responded: I recently took a close look again at the signs on the Mason Square Branch Library. The photo on our website (http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/branches/ms.html) is old...those shrubs are long gone! As for signs, I believe the photo shows the former white and black sign that said Springfield City Library, located over … the portico. My inspection (from the ground!) leads me to believe that the library sign was either removed for replacement or essentially made unusable when the [Urban League] sign was affixed to it--I can't tell which method was used. I know the architect has this on the list of items to be addressed when the building is being prepared to return to a full-service library. (We are looking into this.) Still affixed to the brick wall, to the right of the entryway, is a scroll shaped sign noting Annie Curran's bequest. And not seen in the photo, but currently in place, is a library card-shaped sign, black letters on white background that reads Mason Square Branch Springfield City Library or similar wording. The sign is located on the same brick wall, above and to the right of the Curran scroll. I believe that sign was installed 3-5 years ago. That sign will be replaced with a new sign that we have ordered.We now have a display featuring the new Mason Square Library in the exterior Library display case, thanks to Janet Stupak.
Message from Ed Pikula: The Law Department has nothing new to report with respect to the Urban League. Our last understanding was that they were on target to relocate to temporary quarters as previously indicated.
In response to the question about the old Springfield Library sign on 765 State Street , Jean Canosa did some research and responded: I recently took a close look again at the signs on the Mason Square Branch Library. The photo on our website (http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/branches/ms.html) is old...those shrubs are long gone! As for signs, I believe the photo shows the former white and black sign that said Springfield City Library, located over … the portico. My inspection (from the ground!) leads me to believe that the library sign was either removed for replacement or essentially made unusable when the [Urban League] sign was affixed to it--I can't tell which method was used. I know the architect has this on the list of items to be addressed when the building is being prepared to return to a full-service library. (We are looking into this.) Still affixed to the brick wall, to the right of the entryway, is a scroll shaped sign noting Annie Curran's bequest. And not seen in the photo, but currently in place, is a library card-shaped sign, black letters on white background that reads Mason Square Branch Springfield City Library or similar wording. The sign is located on the same brick wall, above and to the right of the Curran scroll. I believe that sign was installed 3-5 years ago. That sign will be replaced with a new sign that we have ordered.We now have a display featuring the new Mason Square Library in the exterior Library display case, thanks to Janet Stupak.
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