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From YouTube: Boston Public Library Chinatown Branch Ribbon Cutting
Description
Mayor Walsh cuts the ribbon on the long overdue Chinatown branch of the Boston Public Library, located at 2 Boylston Street. The last time Chinatown had its own library was 54 years ago. President of the Boston Public Library, David Leonard, and community members were celebrate the opening of the new space.
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Of
the
Boston
Public
Library
what
an
incredible
turnout
this
morning.
Thank
you
all
for
coming.
This
is
attributes
to
advocacy
activism
and
persistence
by
the
supporters
of
the
Chinatown
library,
and
we
today
celebrate
the
opening
of
this
space,
which
really
returns
services
physically
in
the
library
light
in
the
neighborhood.
For
the
first
time
since
1956.
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We
would
also
like
to
thank
the
mayor's
office
of
immigrant
advancement
for
assessment
with
translation
services
in
preparing
for
the
opening,
and
so
we
do
the
next
batch
of
thank-yous
a
big
round
of
applause.
At
the
end,
a
thank
you
to
Tony
Capozzi
for
the
logo,
design,
bh+,
a
and
contractor
northern
contracting
corporation
for
all
of
the
construction
work.
The
partnership.
The
project
itself
is
a
partnership
between
the
office
of
Neighborhood
Services,
the
BPD,
a
the
Boston
planning
and
development
agency
and
the
library.
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Today's
space
now
means
that
there
are
25
branch
libraries
as
part
of
the
Boston
Public
Library
System.
It
is
one
system,
but
each
neighborhood
each
community
has
unique
needs
unique
characteristics.
This
space
will
include
bilingual
staff,
books,
newspapers
and
periodicals
in
English
and
Mandarin
children's
programming
and
a
host
of
other
resources
and
and
on
programs.
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The
new
planning
branch
librarian
will
be
a
Chinese
speaker
and
many
of
our
library
assistants
will
also
have
Chinese
language
part
of
today's
program.
A
little
bit
later
will
also
be
offered
in
Chinese
and
now,
given
that
there
are
so
many
people
who
want
to
speak
and
celebrate
today,
I
would
like
to
introduce
the
man
whose
promise
active
the
plans
and
whose
announcement
spurred
the
city
to
action.
The
reason
we
are
here
today
building
a
healthy,
thriving
and
innovative
City.
Please
join
me
in
welcoming
to
the
podium
on
their
Martin
J
Walsh.
C
Thank
You
day
and
I
want
to
thank
I
want
to
thank
the
ride
belly.
The
David
wanted.
The
president
I
want
to
thank
the
staff
for
the
library
I
want
to
thank
the
board
of
the
library
and
everyone
at
the
library
for
having
this
exciting
day
here
today.
I
also
want
to
just
there's
a
lot
of
people
to
thank
and
I'm,
not
gonna.
Thank
everyone.
All
the
speakers
are
speaking
today.
C
Thank
you
to
you
for
over
the
years
and
what
you've
done
and
what
you
fought
for,
and-
and
here
we
are
today,
I
want
to
give
a
couple
special
shoutouts
one
is
down
Michael,
it's.
The
state
represent
a
fee
whoo-hoo
from
when
I
became
the
mayor.
We
talked
about
this
library
talk
about
his
district
and-
and
we
worked
over
the
last
four
years
to
make
sure
that
we're
here
today,
I
want
to
thank
you
representing
for
your
great
work.
I.
C
Want
to
thank
your
City
Council
Flynn
for
his
support
and
I
also
want
to
thank
Eddie's
predecessor
today,
Billy
Lenihan,
who
who
actually
helped
as
well
in
the
City
Council
side
on
the
money
side
to
make
sure
the
money
was
allocated
and
that
we
had
support
but
I
want
I
know.
Eddie's
got
to
continue
to
he's
going
to
help
us
on
the
next
phase
of
this
library
down
the
road.
So
thank
you
very
much.
Eddie.
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C
This
started
five
years
ago,
I'm
not
sure
exactly
the
month
it
was.
It
was
I.
Think
in
July
of
2013
we
were
in
the
middle
of
a
mayor's
race.
There
was
12
candidates,
I
think
at
the
time
there
was
eight
candidates
at
the
the
Quincy
School
and
we
were
in
a
room.
We
went,
we
went
in
and
we
were
being.
We
were
being
girls,
one
of
the
toughest
debates
we
ever
had
by
a
bunch
of
young
people
and
all
those
young
people
demanded
a
couple
of
things.
C
C
Well,
I
want
a
the
biggest
group
of
people
that
I
want
to
thank
I
know
a
lot
of
people
have
fought
for
a
library
in
this
community
for
50
years,
a
lot
of
elders
and
a
lot
of
other
people,
but
the
biggest
group
of
people
that
we
need
to
say.
Thank
you
to
today.
Right
now
is
the
young
people
that
are
older
and
they're
over
here,
you're,
going
to
see
them
a
little
while.
C
But
I
want
to
thank
I
want
to
thank
the
young
people.
I
want
to
thank
the
Boston
playing
they're
all
made
to
see
Brian
golden
and
his
team
and
all
the
beat
all
of
the
all
of
the
Edic
staff.
That's
here
today,
all
of
the
stout
uuugh
men
and
women
here
I
know
you
treated
this
like
your
own
project
in
your
own
home
when
I
came
in
here
and
did
a
tour
I
watched
your
faces,
I
saw
the
pride
in
your
faces.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
this.
C
I
want
to
thank
you
for
making
sure
this
happened.
They
were
absolutely
incredible.
The
staff
here,
no
one
really
hears
of
that
the
Edic
staff.
They
just
hear
that
there's
something
out
there
well,
this
is
a
result
of
their
dedication.
Hard
work
I
want
to
thank
the
Friends
of
the
Chinatown
library.
I
want
to
thank
the
Chinese
progressive
Association
I
want
to
thank
the
Chinese
Youth
Initiative
I
want
to
thank
the
entire
Chinese
community
here
in
Chinatown.
C
I'm
excited
to
be
here
to
join
you
for
this
milestone.
It's
been
something
that
this
community
has
been
looking
for
for
a
long
time,
and
today
we
fulfill
our
promise
by
bringing
library
services
back
to
Chinatown.
This
is
an
amazing
tight-knit
community.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
your
active
engagement
through
this
process
today
is
not
about.
Today
is
not
about
one
side
of
Chinatown
versus
another
side
of
Chinatown
versus
another
side
of
Chinatown.
This
library
is
for
all
of
Chinatown.
C
This
library
is
a
result
of
a
work
of
a
lot
of
people
over
the
years
who
might
have
worked
in
their
own
individual
ways
to
make
this
happen,
and
today
we
came
together
because
a
lot
of
people
came
together.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
I
want
to
thank
Carolyn,
Rubin
and
Suzanne
Lee
and
look
by
a
long,
long
name,
and
so
many
other
people
I
shouldn't,
got
into
names,
but
I
did
and
I
apologize,
but
I
want
to
thank
so
many
other
people
that
I
could
say.
C
Thank
you
to
this
community
spoke
up
and
we
listened.
This
has
been
a
long
time
coming.
There's
been
a
lot
of
advocacy
for
this
library.
This
library
is
going
to
offer
resources
in
both
English
and
and
Mandarin.
We
have
bilingual
staff
for
our
children's
programming,
we're
going
to
provide
the
Internet
and
access
to
laptops,
we're
going
to
be
connecting
people
to
immigration
in
citizenship
and
from
a
and
like
we
do
on
all
of
our
other
branches.
We're
going
to
do
that
right
here
in
the
chinatown
library.
C
This
library
is
going
to
reflect
the
identity
in
the
culture
and
history
of
this
very
proud,
neighborhood.
It's
where
teens
can
count
after
school
and
stay
engaged.
It's
where
seeds
can
come
and
build
connections
a
place
for
our
seniors
in
the
daytime
and
usually
when
I
go
to
an
event
in
Chinatown
and
I,
see
seniors,
oftentimes
I
see
them
before
we
walk
in
reading
a
book
and
they
can
come
here.
This
is
where
new
immigrants
can
come
and
take
the
first
steps
towards
building
a
life
in
Boston,
a
Boston,
that's
welcoming
to
our
immigrant
community.
C
In
short,
it's
a
place
where
everyone
knows
where
they
belong.
That's
the
strength
of
the
modern-day
library
unites
and
empowers.
That's
why
I
was
reawakened
we're
making
investments
citywide
in
our
library
system?
Not
too
long
ago,
we
were
going
through
difficult
times
in
the
library
I
was
at
the
Statehouse.
The
library
lost
some
money,
that
was
a
dedicated
revenue
source
from
the
city
of
Boston
they
lost
the
readership
was
down.
C
Attendance
was
down
in
libraries,
and
things
were
changing
for
the
libraries
and
was
conversation
at
that
point,
that
there
was
got
to
be
closing
of
branch
libraries.
Since
that
time
we've
been
able
to
make
adjustments
and
changes.
We
started
with
an
investment
in
the
in
the
Boston
Public
Library
that
Mayor
Menino
made
an
investment.
We
kept
that
investment
going.
We
continued
that
investment
going
today.
We
continue
to
look
at
continuing
redoing
branches
and
building
branches
and
looking
to
expand
our
library
system.
C
In
this
year
with
the
fiscal
18,
we
have
over
14
million
dollars
our
projects
in
the
works,
and
we
have
visited
this
in
our
local
libraries
and
we
have
a
hundred
and
two
in
the
budget
for
fiscal
19
to
22,
so
we're
gonna
make
over
a
hundred
and
almost
120
million
dollar
investment
in
our
local
libraries
over
the
next
six
years.
Something
that
hasn't
happened.
C
We're
also
making
improvements
down
in
Copley
as
well
with
our
collections.
You
heard
a
lot
about
our
collections
and
we
have
some
beautiful
collections
in
the
library
that
people
haven't
seen
and
and
we're
creating
a
new
space
now
where
people
can
come
in
and
and
protect
our
collections.
First
of
all,
building
a
new
area
to
protect
that
collections.
C
So
it
has
a
21st
century
protection
on
it,
but
also
in
the
earlier
for
people
to
come
in,
and
it's
look
at
those
those
beautiful
things
that
we
have
in
the
library
and
then
also
we're
working
with
the
Museum
of
Fine
Arts
to
do
other
programs.
So
we're
doing
a
lot
of
different
things
in
our
library
and
all
of
that's
due
to
the
president
and
behind
us
and
the
board
of
directors
David.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
I'm
almost
done.
This
is
I'm
just
gonna
I'm
just
gonna
end
with
this.
C
Is
this
an
exciting
day
as
we
look
at
Boston
and
we
look
at
the
growth
of
Boston,
you
will.
You
will
often
hear
stories
in
the
newspaper
about
all
these
great
companies
moving
to
Boston
and
you
know
GE
coming
to
Boston
and
there
was
going
to
Boston.
The
story
leads
that
way.
We
talk
about
the
growth
of
our
city.
We
talk
about
the
inclusion
and
the
growth
of
our
population
and
the
amount
of
jobs
we've
added
today
is
about
adding
services
to
the
community.
C
Today
is
about
bringing
a
service
back
to
a
community
that
is
needed.
It's
about
making
sure
that
we
haven't
forgotten
where
we
started
and
as
a
city
we
haven't
forgotten
where
we
started.
We,
this
library
is
for
everyone
open
to
the
public,
but
it's
for
this
particular
community
that
hasn't
had
a
library
service
in
social
one
in
five
decades,
almost
six
decades,
so
I'm
excited
today.
I'm
excited
that
you're
here
I'm
excited
to
see
this
incredible
crowd.
C
And
we
have
other,
we
have
other
officials
from
the
city
of
Boston
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you.
One
thing
she'll
do
from
housing.
I
want
to
thank
Commissioner.
Bill
Evans
is
here
I
want
to
thank
John
Smith
who's
here.
I
want
you
to
done
this
I
want
to
thank
Michael
Taylor
from
every
colleges
here.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
GP,
and
Doctor
from
transportation
is
yeah.
So
if
you
have
any
other
issues,
besides
library,
we
have
transportation
and
how's
that
your
label
says,
god
bless,
go
Chinatown,
go
Pat's.
D
Just
start
by
saying
that
I
was
a
patron
of
the
Chinatown
branch
library
iteration
number
two,
but
I
was
fortunate
enough
to
know
somebody
who
patronized
the
first
very
first
branch
library
in
Chinatown.
She
has
since
passed
away,
but
she
lived
into
her
90s
almost
to
a
hundred,
and
she
told
me
that
she
used
the
library
and
even
though
she
was
not
an
immigrant,
she
was
born
here
in
Boston.
D
She
says
one
of
the
books
that
she
remembers,
taking
out
from
the
library
and
studying,
was
a
book
that
was
written
for
Irish
women
immigrating
to
Boston,
and
she
learned
from
that
book
things
that
she
should
do.
She
could
do
things
that
she
shouldn't
do
or
couldn't
do
and
to
her
dying
day.
She
always
conducted
herself
with
great
grace
and
dignity,
and
so
I,
just
you
know,
I
just
want
to
thank
her
for
her
memory
of
of
that
that's
period
of
time.
D
D
There
was
a
red
fairytale
book,
the
blue
one,
the
green
one
and
I
like
fairy
tales
at
the
time,
because
they
always
had
a
happy
ending
and
the
protagonist
if
the
protagonist
was
kind
compassionate,
they
always
had
a
very
good
ending,
and
so
here
we
are
today
it's
like
a
fairy
tale,
ending
it's
happy
at
least
for
pot.
One
is.
C
D
And
when
we
first
started
advocating
for
this
library,
the
head
of
the
library
told
us
you
know
this
may
take
a
while,
because
we
don't
think
that
your
group
is
necessarily
gonna,
be
here
five
years
from
now.
You
know
a
lot
of
times,
people
ask
for
things,
but
it's
only
one
small
group,
a
group
of
individuals
and
then
they're
gone,
and
then
what
do?
We
do?
We're
stuck
with
a
library
and
so
he
said
to
make
take
some
time.
D
It
was
really
reasonable
for
an
agency
to
make
that
kind
of
comment,
but
we
in
the
community
we
knew
we
had
a
hundred
percent
confidence
that
our
demand
for
a
library
would
persist
and
its
persisted
for
seventeen
years.
So
yes,
we
do
want
the
library
and
we
will
keep
at
it
until
we
get
the
permanent
library.
D
In
closing,
I
just
want
to
welcome
and
just
reiterate
what
the
mayor
said,
even
though
this
is
labeled
the
Chinatown
library
since
the
old
library
closed,
there
have
been
many
many
new
residents
that
have
come
into
this
area,
a
lot
of
folks
that
have
converted
lofts
in
the
leather
district.
We
have
the
Millennium,
we
have
Kensington.
D
We
have
a
lot
of
apartments,
a
lot
of
residents
in
the
area
and
so
I
hope
that
this
space
will
be
a
place
where
all
the
new
people,
as
well
as
all
the
residents
who've
been
here
and
living
in
this
community
for
a
long
time,
will
be
able
to
get
together
to
learn
from
each
other
and
learn
about
each
other.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
Today
is
such
an
exciting
and
momentous
day
for
the
community
for
the
many
organizations
and
individuals
who
have
worked
to
advocate
for
a
Chinatown
library.
For
me,
it's
been
20
years
since
I
first
got
involved
with
the
campaign,
as
a
youth.
I
can
still
vividly
remember
that
summer
of
1997
I
was
just
sixteen
years
old
doing
a
summer
internship
with
the
Chinese
Youth
Initiative,
we
were
visiting
Stephanie
fan
at
the
Chinese
Historical
Society.
She
was
giving
a
wonderful
narrative
of
the
history
of
Chinatown
and
showing
us
some
amazing
photos
and
archives.
B
When
she
told
us
how
there
used
to
be
a
library
in
Chinatown,
all
of
us
wanted
to
know.
Well,
where
did
it
go?
How
come
we
don't
have
one
anymore,
so
that
was
our
call
to
action.
We
felt
responsible
and
empowered
to
do
something
about
it.
It
started
off
with
a
community
survey
and
then
community
meetings
and
outreach
petitions
focus
groups
talking
to
our
elected
officials.
B
It's
that
same
sense
of
empowerment,
hope
and
responsibility
that
have
inspired
the
many
youths
who
have
worked
tirelessly
the
last
20
years
to
persevere
and
continue
this
campaign.
Today,
I
am
a
mother
with
three
wonderful
children
and
I
couldn't
be
more
excited
to
bring
them
to
the
Chinatown
library.
B
E
E
Saosin
Haemophilus
a
currency,
Toto
Siliguri
boy
to
top
fat's
in
subchapter,
Geneva,
taxis
and
food
convoy.
There
is
a
museum,
yc2
Italian,
singular
in
simple
joy
from
being
ktt
bang
patrol
tomorrow,
Paymentech
know
chosen
come
to
take
our
turbo
Falcon
go.
Oh
wow
Falcon
come
to
sequin,
they
hate
a
second
scene.
Technically,
they
are
invocation.
Young
captain,
woman,
excellent
local
psychic
merican
contained
a
tyranny
of
our
force,
a
currency
text
and
in
subsonic
a
known
one,
10:14
donut
America
same
bar
Falcon
control.
E
E
F
F
What
I
think
about
is
the
healing
of
an
injustice
that
happened
70
years
ago,
I
think
about
the
strength
and
the
resilience
of
an
immigrant
community
that,
despite
all
the
pressures
on
it
now
we
are
saying
we
are
here
to
stay
and
when
I
look
out
on
this
crowd,
I
think
I
see
a
cross-racial
multi-generational
native-born
immigrant
born
community,
and
we
are
the
future
of
Boston.
We
are
Boston.
F
F
F
They
haven't
done
something
like
this
before
so
I
really
acknowledge
the
BPL
David,
Amon
and
Priscilla
for
taking
on
this
challenge
and
and
serving
the
community
I
want
to
thank
all
the
City
Council
members
who
supported
us,
councilor,
wool
and
and
councillor
Flynn
I'm,
going
to
thank
all
the
BPL
Board
of
Trustees,
particularly
Byron,
rushing,
who
gave
us
a
lot
of
advice
and
support
along
the
way
and
to
also
thank
represent
representative
Aaron
microgrids
for
his
support
throughout
this
process.
As
the
mayor
mentioned,
you
know,
the
youth
have
been
the
backbone
of
this
campaign
right.
F
F
I
can't
mention
all
of
them,
but
I
do
want
to
call
out
the
Boston
Street
lab
the
Chinatown
in
town
residents,
association,
the
Chinese
progressive
Association,
the
Chinese
Historical
Society
of
New
England
and
the
Chinatown
coalition.
So
just
the
last
thing
I
want
to
say
is
you
know
the
Friends
of
the
Chinatown
library.
We
are
very
excited
about
this
and
we
know
this
is
an
important
first
step.
F
A
G
So
in
the
draw
the
library
cards
now
lay
buried
under
curling
pages
of
S&H
Green
Stamps
later
their
own
children
cried
for
one
more
story,
just
one
more
and
we're
calling
their
days
and
the
stacks.
They
tried
to
go
back
on
weekends,
with
the
kids
in
tow,
but
running
out
to
Copley.
Square
was
easier
said
than
done,
and
soon
their
children
and
the
children's
children
no
longer
knew
the
thrill
of
a
single
run
along
the
spines,
the
catalog
of
yellowed
cards
and
Dewey
decimals,
the
hush
of
hollowed
haunts
and
whispered
rhymes.