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Community Bookshelf, Kansas City

Posted by Ian Brown, Monday, 9th February 2009

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The parking garage for the Kansas City Public Library may not look very special from above:

… but from street level it’s a different story!

Created several years ago by design firm Dimensional Innovations, the facade of the garage portrays a 9m high ‘community bookshelf’. The titles represented were selected by local residents.

5 Responses to 'Community Bookshelf, Kansas City'

  1. cookie monster says:

    So the building is 9m high? How many storeys is that? Its a very novel idea isnt it?

  2. Capital Chay says:

    Excellent looking big stuff!