http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/12/04/the-clocks-ticking-on-three-library-kiosks/ D.C. News, Politics, Media, Arts, and More Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:19:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/12/04/the-clocks-ticking-on-three-library-kiosks/comment-page-1/#comment-402326 Dave Jamieson Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:48:12 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=11607#comment-402326 As a guy who lives three doors from the Sursum Corda kiosk, I gotta say, it's a pathetic little library. They don't carry any of the typical newspapers you associate with a library, such as the New York Times or the Wall Street Journal, which still amazes me after five years on the block. (There is one Washington Post to be shared.) I've walked in there before and seen just a bunch of dudes sprawled out watching a random 80's movie on the house t.v. and vcr, volume at full blast, as if it were a rec center. I kid you not. Aside from a handful of computers, which are recessed so that citizens can freely view porn, nobody really has a reason to be in there. It also doesn't open until 10 a.m., I believe. It's a pathetic comment on DCPL in general. There's no other library around here for the kids to go to--the Shaw transitional library is a long hike, as is MLK. And once the Sursum kiosk is gone, I'll no longer be able to tell visitors, "Just keep an eye out for the hideous green octagon." Or is it a hexagon? As a guy who lives three doors from the Sursum Corda kiosk, I gotta say, it's a pathetic little library. They don't carry any of the typical newspapers you associate with a library, such as the New York Times or the Wall Street Journal, which still amazes me after five years on the block. (There is one Washington Post to be shared.) I've walked in there before and seen just a bunch of dudes sprawled out watching a random 80's movie on the house t.v. and vcr, volume at full blast, as if it were a rec center. I kid you not. Aside from a handful of computers, which are recessed so that citizens can freely view porn, nobody really has a reason to be in there. It also doesn't open until 10 a.m., I believe. It's a pathetic comment on DCPL in general. There's no other library around here for the kids to go to--the Shaw transitional library is a long hike, as is MLK. And once the Sursum kiosk is gone, I'll no longer be able to tell visitors, "Just keep an eye out for the hideous green octagon." Or is it a hexagon?

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