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February 7, 2007
Project of the Month: A library’s well-loved past, and its bold new future
By CLAIR ENLOW
Special to the Journal
Special to the Journal
Photos by Michael Jensen
The Douglass-Truth library addition leaves the historic dignity of the library intact. Copper cladding will turn blue-green over time.
The stately brick and terra cotta, Carnegie-era Douglass-Truth branch of the Seattle Public Library is still there, commanding the corner of 23rd and Yesler, just as it has for almost a century.
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