04 November, 2009 00:23
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On a recent afternoon, three days after it opened, the Cushing library
was anything but lonely. Caitlin and her friend Terra Barton, 17, sat
in a pair of upholstered chairs overlooking a bank of full-length
windows (on the other side is a brick courtyard that's still being
built). On sterling silver jewelry either end of the long, narrow library, teachers taught classes with the aid of computerized Smartboards.
A constant stream of backpack-toting students filed in and out of the 12-K Cafe, ordering cappuccinos, smoothies and snacks. The akoya pearl jewelry scene resembled an after-school malt shop more than a library.
Nearby, Gaby Skok, 18, a senior, sat with two friends. Her blonde hair pulled back in a pony tail, the painter Frida Kahlo staring out from an oversized ring on her finger, Skok says the idea that the library is now "some hip, trendy place" bugs her. She likes that it was once quiet and rarely used, actually.
And don't get her started on freshwater pearl bracelet the coffee.
A constant stream of backpack-toting students filed in and out of the 12-K Cafe, ordering cappuccinos, smoothies and snacks. The akoya pearl jewelry scene resembled an after-school malt shop more than a library.
Nearby, Gaby Skok, 18, a senior, sat with two friends. Her blonde hair pulled back in a pony tail, the painter Frida Kahlo staring out from an oversized ring on her finger, Skok says the idea that the library is now "some hip, trendy place" bugs her. She likes that it was once quiet and rarely used, actually.
And don't get her started on freshwater pearl bracelet the coffee.
