I posted about the libraries at Lafayette and Lehigh but ran out of time for Kutztown's library. I was at Kutztown for a Social Work monologue production and after the performance (my piece was about a client at a Philly prison from last year) I hunkered down at the Rohrbach Library to do some school work. Did you know that April 15 - 21 was National Library Week?
I asked a librarian who had worked there since 1975 what she most liked about the library. She commented on the openess, outside light, how easy it is to find materials and comfortably work and the job well done on the 1998 renovation which doubled the library's size. I worked upstairs and indeed enjoyed the natural light and spacious workign areas. I could see lots of other people, but they were in no way a distraction, and was able to crank out a good start on my first power point presentation on the topic of mental health responses to September 11th and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
My favorite spots were the large windows on the stairs platform between the first and 2nd floor in the back which beautifully framed the intramural fields and the Kutztown water tower in the distance. Another fav spot is the men's bathroom on the first floor which, along with the women's bathroom across the way, has the old brick building exterior pre-renovation.
The day before making it to Kutztown I was with friends and as soon as I mentioned Kutztown, the response was that's where former wide receiver extraordinare Andre Reed of the Buffalo Bills played his college ball there. Granted it was a crowd of loyal Rochesterarians and sports fans, but that was an impressive display of sports trivia. But did my friend know that he grew up in nearby Allentown?
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