The new library

 

Yesterday on my day off I visited the new library in town. Ok apart from how much the whole thing cost I have to say I'm very impressed. Greymouth is an old town and as much as I like history and historical buildings, I also believe that sometimes we need modernization as well.

Up the stairs from the front entrance...

The view from one side of the building over one of the 3 main streets in town. The tall building is the local hotel.

The public computer area along with my coffee cup on the table.

The front reception area...

The cafe seating area which overlooks the other side of the river and was saturated in sunshine.

The childrens play area - quiet as children are at school during the day.

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Work

 

The new town library is due to open in the next couple of weeks and workmen have been fixing the footpath area opposite outside one of the local restaurants by putting in a pedestrian crossing and more carparks.

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Library

 

This humungous building in town is about 3/4 finished and is going to be the new library. This town from what I've been following online seems to be dead against it. The old building is sufficient but for some reason, the local council wanted to build an extra one when Greymouth doesn't have the population for it. The costs have apparently spiralled out of control so vastly that everyones rates have been hiked up to an extra 20% on top of the 15% original rates rind alot of people can't afford it. 

We got our local council/mayor voting papers in the mail last week - the candidates are a bit of a joke imho. The only 2 choices for mayor are the one we currently have (who isn't very popular at the moment) and a man who doesn't live in this region who thinks that everything should be free and that we should trade instead of using money - like what.....?!? The candidates for council are some I know and some I don't know who again, live outside of this region. Sigh.

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