Friends,
This is a shot of the sign on the new Idyllwild Public Library. Built with donations and government money, the new facility is a massive reimagining of the old Coronet dime store and even the facade contains a message: it’s modern, it’s weathered and rustic, and is sited in our little alpine village without being overwhelming. There has been some controversy about staffing, but we love our skirmishes in the letters section of the local paper.
There are no other buildings in this town willing to take such an architectural stand, so it’s doubly important that it’s a library. We’ll have to wait and see if the rustic modernism motif takes off up here, especially since we’ve recently created a historical district designation for most of the core of the town to preserve and protect cabins and tiny shops constructed in the 1940s. Not a lot of chrome to be found except in the hairdryers at the beauty salon.
I’ll snap more pictures when the library officially opens. Aren’t you excited?
Of course you are.
– bob