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From YouTube: Adams Street Library Groundbreaking
Description
The Adams Street Branch of The Boston Public Library celebrates the construction of their new $18.3 Million library with a Groundbreaking event. Mayor Marty Walsh joins the Friends of Adams Street Library Group and other members of the community to discuss the significance of the project and how it will benefit the community of Dorchester.
A
B
B
Libraries
are
very
special.
There
are
part
of
the
reason
why
people
choose
to
live
in
a
community.
There
are
places
where
intergenerational
connections
are
made
and
libraries
are
vital
to
education
and
culture,
they're,
vital
and
integral
to
the
employment
research.
Their
places
of
peace
and
pleasure
libraries
are
the
lifeblood
of
civilized
society
and
in
Boston
we're
the
first
in
the
nation,
publicly
funded
and
have
always
been
free
to
all.
B
There
are
many
people
to
thank
for
this
project
and
oftentimes.
It
takes
a
village
to
design
and
construct
something
special,
an
atom's
branch
library
is
something
special
I'd
like
to
stop
by
thanking
our
partners
in
the
budget
office,
most
specifically
our
former
chief
of
staff.
Now
current
chief
of
former
chief
financial
officer
and
current
chief
of
staff,
Dave
Sweeney
from
Dorchester
emma
handy,
our
new
CFO
from
Dorchester
Justin,
starett,
Jack,
Hanlon,
eric
kaplan
and
dave
arkovich.
These
guys
are
instrumental
in
making
this
project
happen.
B
I'd
like
to
thank
the
amazing
design
team
of
nada,
Michael,
Schumacher
and
Katy
Faulkner,
they
listen
to
the
community's
concern,
documented
their
wants
and
needs
and
developed
an
amazing
program.
This
was
truly
a
community
driven
effort
and
we
are
very
very
pleased
that
the
community
was
so
involved
from
day
one
and
that
the
design
team
listened
to
every
inch
of
what
they
had
to
say.
Thank
you
to
J&J
contracting.
We
look
forward
to
a
productive
construction
phase
and
an
on-time
and
on-budget
project.
B
B
Since
this
building
was
built
in
1951,
not
much
has
been
done
to
drastically
alter
the
original
footprint.
However,
library
services
have
dramatically
changed
when
I
look
back
and
I
researched
the
capital
investment
in
this
space.
It
did
not
take
long
aside
from
some
minor
cosmetic
fixes
and
upgrades
the
largest
investment
was
in
1989
30
years
ago.
B
C
Thank
You,
Pat
and
I
want
to
welcome
everyone
to
the
groundbreaking
of
the
papper
OFI
library
appreciate
you
coming
out.
For
this
event,
I
pad
hasn't
worked,
that's
hotter
than
anything
other
than
this
library.
I
want
to.
Thank
you
it's
on
time.
No,
but
I
appreciate
we
love,
actually
love
him,
for
it.
He's
the
best
and
I
want
to
thank
Pat
for
his
great
work
and
and
the
team
of
public
facilities
so
Trish
and
all
the
folks
that
that
are
gonna
make
sure
this
library
happens.
Thank
you
for
all
your
great
work.
C
Dave
and
Leonard
I
want
to
thank
David,
the
president
library
and
the
Friends
of
Adams
Adam
Street
library.
I,
want
to
thank
all
of
you,
the
friends
groups,
to
all
the
residents
here.
Thank
you
for
coming
out
to
the
young
people
we're
doing
a
few
guys.
I
want
to
thank
you
as
well.
That's
why
we're
building
this
library
to
all
of
the
elected
official
lady
here
I
know
a
couple:
gonna
come
up
and
speak
in
a
few
minutes.
C
C
Want
to
thank
Janie
hunt,
the
state
representative
for
this
neighborhood
and
Danny
Cullinan,
the
the
the
rep
from
next
nextdoor,
who
also
worked
in
my
office
at
the
time
that
the
libraries
will
be
talking
about.
Closing
libraries
in
Boston
and
I
want
to
thank
them
because
they
get
us
money
at
the
state
as
well
to
help
support
our
libraries.
So
I
want
to
thank
the
representatives
for
their
great
work.
C
And
I
appreciate
Pat
now
giving
me
credit
for
back
in
the
day
when
some
of
the
library's
going
to
be
closed
and
saying
I
was
a
leader
I.
Wasn't
the
leader
Lyndon
docena
for
his
leader
in
that
effort
to
make
sure
the
libraries
weren't
closed
and
not
only
were
they
not
closed,
we're
actually
renovating
all
of
them
that
were
gonna,
be
closed,
so
Thank
You
Linda
what
you
have
done.
C
This
is
an
exciting
day
for
this
neighborhood
I
just
want
to
get
Pam
Conrad
shot
of
Israel
Pamela
conv,
who
lives
down
the
street.
Working
at
the
Statehouse
works,
the
library
now
nationwide,
sherry
st.,
you
pay
them
off
what
you
do,
but
three
years
ago,
while
we
began
a
planning
study
for
this
library,
our
goal
is
to
create
something
unique
in
the
needs
for
the
neighborhood
to
make
sure
that
that
it
would
fit
in
with
the
community.
That's
exactly
what
this
new
library
represents.
As
you
heard
Pat
the
the
old
libraries
built
in
the
50s.
C
It
looks
like
it,
it
did
it.
It
served
its
purpose,
though
there
are
still
people
inside
using
the
library
right
now
as
we're
out
here
speaking,
and
it
was
an
important
asset
to
our
neighborhood.
It's
an
important
asset
for
our
seniors
that
live
in
the
neighborhood
and
that
walk
to
the
library.
It's
an
important
asset
for
our
young
people
that
live
in
the
communities
that
are
here
today.
It's
an
important
asset
for
the
school
Kenny
school
next
door.
That
they'll
have
an
incredible
library
in
the
neighborhood
and
the
Murphy
down
the
street
and
st.
C
Anne's
down
the
street
and
st.
Brendan's
across
the
way.
All
the
different
schools
in
the
in
the
native,
the
Henderson
down
the
street,
all
the
different
schools
and
unable
now
the
kids
are
gonna,
have
a
state-of-the-art
library.
They
can
walk
to
and
be
able
to
call
their
home
their
own
and
a
home
for
them,
which
is
really
amazing.
I
did
a
flyby
Pat
set
up
a
flyby
for
you
for
the
library
it's
a
little
early,
it's
not
a
Lingus,
but
this
this
investment
of
eighteen
point.
C
Three
million
dollars
was
going
to
create
new
technology
inside
the
library
community,
space
and
meeting
space
for
the
neighborhood
and
for
organizations
interactive
areas
for
our
young
kids
that
really
have
a
children's
area,
a
children's
play
space
inside
the
library,
a
beautiful
outdoor
courtyard
space,
sustainable
design.
It's
certainly
a
21st
century
library
that
we're
building
here
on
Adam
Street
and
that
something
in
this
neighborhood
certainly
deserves
I'm,
not
gonna,
go
into
the
history
of
19:51,
it's
a
long
time
since
we've
done
this.
C
But
let
me
just
say
a
couple
more
quick
things:
we've
seen
every
time
that
we
renovate
a
library
we've
seen
that
the
usage
of
that
library,
the
people
that
go
into
that
library
go
through
the
roof.
Many
years
ago,
when
we're
talking
about
on
the
city
was
talking
about
closing
libraries.
There
was
a
decline
in
usership
of
the
libraries
fast
forward
about
ten
years
later.
C
So
I
just
want
to
say
to
all
of
you
here
today.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
It's
I'm
excited
about
this
library.
Obviously,
I
served
as
a
state
rep
here
for
16
years
and
it's
a
lot
of
pride
when
I
when
I
refer
to
my
district,
even
though
I
represent
the
whole
city
now
I
always
go
back
to
being
a
rep.
These.
C
B
So
Thank
You
mayor
very
much
our
next
speaker
is
a
gentleman
who
has
come
to
every
single
one
of
our
our
project
meetings.
He
sat
and
met
with
the
community.
He
was
been
integral
to
the
design
of
this.
He
has
built
many
libraries
and
is
doing
a
fantastic
job
with
our
system.
The
Protestant
Public
Library
President
David
Leonard.
D
D
And
so
I'd,
like
first
of
all,
to
thank
mayor
walls
for
this
project
and
for
the
host
of
investments
we
heard
about
across
the
library
and
across
the
city,
on
behalf
of
the
board
of
trustees,
represented
here
by
Linda,
dur
Cena
for
E
and
the
whole
staff.
We
are
thrilled
to
be
here
marking
this
very
important
milestone
with
the
official
groundbreaking
as
we
move
from
design
into
construction.
D
Our
library
values
its
neighborhood
branches
as
an
essential
part
of
one
BPL
system.
Each
is
unique
each
with
its
own
team
of
great
staff
members,
each
a
unique
community
with
unique
needs,
hopes
and
aspirations.
There
are
many
staff
people
here,
both
current
and
past,
some
of
whom
I
got
to
meet
earlier.
So
please
join
me
in
giving
them
a
warm
round
of
applause
for
a
long
years
of
work
here
in
Adam,
Street.
D
So
we
heard
that
the
contractor
runs
on
boards,
they're
ready
to
get
started,
and
we
really
look
forward
to
reopening
and
our
current
projection
is
early
2021
and
we'll
develop
a
formal
timeline
as
the
general
contractor
gets
started.
In
the
meantime,
our
great
staff
will
be
working
at
other
locations,
doing
outreach
in
the
neighborhood
and
throughout
the
closed
period,
you're
also
all
free
to
use
the
other
25
branches
in
the
Central
Library,
but
especially
lower
Mills
field
corner
and
Codman
Square
is
the
nearest
locations.
D
This
was
truly
a
design
that
got
better
with
each
iteration
and
is
the
product
of
the
efforts
of
the
architect,
our
city
of
Boston
colleagues
and
Jim,
and
Alistair,
in
particular,
the
library
staff
led
by
a
project
team
of
Alison
and
Lissa
and,
most
importantly,
the
staff,
the
community
and
the
Friends
of
the
branch.
Thank
you
for
all
being
part
of
the
process.
D
We
look
forward
to
a
project
which
will
deliver
a
modern
and
dynamic
branch
that
helps
us
deliver
on
our
reinvigorated
mission,
a
library
for
the
21st
century
focused
on
books
and
reading,
gathering
space
and
exciting
programs,
information
access
and
all
important
skills
development
services,
an
opportunity
to
preserve,
to
celebrate
and
access
our
history.
Thank
you
all
for
being
here
and
for
helping
to
celebrate
this
bright,
milestone.
A
Thank
You
Pat
I'm
just
here
to
thank
Pat
thank
the
mayor,
thank
David
Leonard.
Thank
all
the
people
that
work
to
get
us
here
this
day,
Trisha
Lyons
Trisha
is
going
to
be
the
work
that
she's
already
done,
she's
really
going
to
start
working
now.
So
let's
give
it
up
for
Tricia
Lyons
when
I
was
first
elected.
The
mayor
and
empath
spoke
about
it
briefly.
A
When
I
was
first
elected,
the
budgets
were
about
people
being
laid
off
in
libraries,
closing
and
different
different
things
happening
and
into
fast-forward
now
I'm
I'm
in
my
eighth
year,
and
this
last
budget
was
about
you
know:
new
libraries,
opening
renovations
in
libraries,
investment
in
schools
and
it
just
a
lot
of
investments
and
we're
not
talking
layoffs.
It's
just
it's
it's!
A
That's
how
we
form
a
community
around
this
space
here.
This
tree
has
been
in
this
community
for
I,
would
say
a
hundred
years
and
I
think
it
was
a
really
good,
really
good
move
to
advocate
for
it,
and
and
thank
the
mayor
for
saying,
yeah
I
think
we
should
save
the
tree,
so
those
those
whom
I
thank.
Thank
you.
This
is
a
great
night
for
for
me
to
actually
see
something
being
built
in
the
district
things
that
we've
worked
on
for
eight
years.
A
B
B
I
just
have
to
say
that
for
my
good
friend,
Commissioner
Ryan
woods
from
this
community
who
has
just
recently
appointed
parks,
commissioner
for
the
city,
and
while
this
is
a
great
event
tomorrow,
night
at
7
o'clock,
at
that
Hemi
is
gonna,
be
Joshua.
Tree,
we're
gonna
have
a
great
party
down
there.
It's
gonna
be
wonderful
weather,
so
please
come
back
and
join
us
for
that
tomorrow,
as
well.
I
also
wanted
to
invite
up
our
our
state
representative
for
the
district.
My
good
friend
representative
dan
hunt.
E
Thanks
Pat
and
David,
you
and
your
team
did
a
really
great
job.
I
live
just
up
the
street
and
came
after
work
to
a
number
of
meetings
and
Frank
talked
about
the
tree
and
it
just
States
the
commitment
to
the
process.
So
the
planner
and
the
staff
had
one
idea
in
the
community
kind
of
went
back
and
forth,
and
I
really
feel
like
this
design
is
spectacular
and
we've
got
a
building
that
doesn't
look
like
a
bomb
shelter.
We're
gonna
have
something
that
state-of-the-art
and
really
gonna
be
an
asset
to
my
property
value.
C
E
E
E
B
F
Thank
you
very
much.
This
is
there's
not
much
to
be
said
other
than
this
is
an
exciting
day
for
the
entire
neighborhood.
It's
an
honor
to
to
share
this
area
with
representative
hunt
of
my
district
is
literally
just
on
the
other
side
and
and
I
would
just
say
this
is
the
library
that
I
went
to
growing
up
and
I
am
just
so
beyond.
F
G
Thank
you
very
much
I'll
be
brief,
because
I
wasn't
planning
on
speaking,
but
since
all
the
electives
went
since
the
boys
went,
I
figured
I'd
I
just
want
to
just
congratulate
the
families
in
particular
that
have
paid
particular
attention
to
this
library
to
make
it
a
special
community.
Without
a
new
library,
that's
going
to
be
an
even
more
special
community
once
this
library
is
done
over
so
I
look
forward
to
not
just
the
groundbreaking
today,
but
the
ribbon
cutting
and
the
not-too-distant
future
and
I
think
that
Trisha
will
make
sure
of
that.
G
That
we'll
be
here
for
that
great
celebration
and
the
weather
will
be
just
as
nice
as
it
is
today
on
that
day,
those
of
you
that
have
summer
reading.
Although
the
library
is
closed,
it
is
not
an
excuse
not
to
get
that
summer.
Reading
done,
we
have
our
own
pile
of
books
at
home.
Piling
up
for
the
kids
so
make
sure
you
get
it
done.
G
B
H
Well,
this
is
an
amazing
opportunity.
Thank
you.
Can
you
hear
me
Dan?
No,
okay,
okay,
not
used
to
this
first
I'd
like
to
acknowledge
our
Friends
of
the
library
group.
This
beautiful
reading
garden
was
sponsored
and
planned
and
worked
for
by
grace
Peggy
Mary,
Jo,
Ann,
Madeline
and
Donna,
who
are
over
there
tonight.
They
have
supported
the
library.
H
They're,
the
best
friends
group,
Bar,
None
and
they're,
threatening
to
retire
while
we're
closed,
so
please
help
me
in
not
letting
them
okay.
They
also
created
this,
as
did
I
say
that
already
also
one
of
the
beautiful
things
about
working
for
the
library
is
being
able
to
give
talk.
Books
do
story
times
help
people
get
do
their
resumes
and
apply
for
jobs,
and
it's
just
such
a
privilege
to
be
able
to
do
that,
and
our
patrons
at
out
of
the
street
are
just
amazing.
H
So
so
many
of
them
here
I
just
want
to
give
you
a
hand
cut.
Because
thank
you
and
you
keep
this
very
short,
because
there
is
pizza
and
cake,
but
they've
promised
to
save
me
a
piece
of
cake.
Okay,
thank
you.
When
I
was
cleaning
out,
my
desk
drawer
in
preparation
for
closing
I
found
a
letter
written
by
mr.
Tom
Lahey,
who
should
be
here.
H
It
is
a
it
is
a
with
Dudley
you've
heard
it
Dudley
and
field's
corner
and
lower
mills
and-
and-
and
it
just
goes
on
so
the
support
of
libraries
is
unprecedented
and
I'm
thrilled
we're
all
thrilled
that
out
on
the
street
is
being
included
in
this
in
this
wonderful
bounty
of
library
support.
So
thank
you.