CHECK IT OUT, IT'S `TOO COOL' PANORAMA CITY CELEBRATES NEW LIBRARY.Byline: Sharline Chiang Daily News Staff Writer Jose Contreras, 11, walked into the new Panorama City library on Monday and muttered with awe, ``It's tight.'' He wasn't talking about lack of space, just offering up the latest slang for cool and delivering some of the highest praise a library can expect from a fifth-grader. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how to describe it. It's too cool,'' he said, gazing around before picking out a book on math. ``That other one was smaller, a little bit dirtier.'' The new library, unveiled before 400 people, is clearly a far cry from its predecessor, with a sunlight-filled sky dome, enormous windows and a modern 12,500-square-foot building. The walls shine in sorbet colors like grape, bubble gum and lemon. Three years ago it became clear the community of Panorama City had outgrown the old library. Built in 1959, the old building was aging, too small and had a limited selection of books. On Monday, Jess jesse, jess a leather strap placed around each shank of a hawk used for hunting, for the attachment of a leash. Hernandez of Panorama City, who was reading to his son, Anthony, 6, said they had waited eagerly for the reopening Reopening Treasury offerings of additional amounts of outstanding issues, rather than an entirely new issue. A reopened issue will always have the same maturity date, CUSIP number, and interest rate as the original issue. at the same site at 14345 Roscoe Blvd. ``I kept hoping that there would be a new one. But I didn't think there would. . . . In a low-income area, you think when a building is shut down you don't think it's coming back,'' Hernandez said. After a short ribbon-cutting ceremony, crowds rushed in to tour the library and cruise the shelves. The $4 million library has a collection of 70,000 books, magazines, compact discs and videos. It includes an outdoor courtyard, an online ``virtual library'' and multimedia computer workstations. Minutes after the opening, to the tune of live jazz, families formed a snaking line before the check-out counter. ``I think it's great. I like the stuffed animals
A stuffed animal is toy animal stuffed with straw, beans, cotton or other similar materials. Some stuffed animals are very old – home made cloth dolls stuffed with straw go back to at least the a lot,'' said Tessa Arnold, 9, who went home with a stack of books on arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. . Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. , Councilman Joel Wachs Joel Wachs served for several terms as Los Angeles City Councilman for the 2nd district. He was first elected by defeating incumbent James B. Potter. While in office, Wachs chaired the Public Works Committee and vice-chair of the Environmental Quality & Waste Management , whose 2nd District includes Panorama City, and others led the grand opening celebration. ``You all made it happen. Thanks for loving our children. They need us,'' said Riordan in opening remarks. ``We're going to make their futures great.'' The library is still located conveniently across from the popular Panorama Mall, which housed a temporary library site during construction. ``I'm glad they built this. They have computers. It has a different variety of books than the other one had. It's very decorated dec·o·rate tr.v. dec·o·rat·ed, dec·o·rat·ing, dec·o·rates 1. To furnish, provide, or adorn with something ornamental; embellish. 2. ,'' said Kerisha Cox, 17, of Sun Valley. ``I'll be using it for projects, and access to the Internet.'' The Panorama library branch was funded by a $53.4 million library bond passed in 1989. A recent bond of $178.3 million, approved in November 1998, will provide for four brand-new branches, and for 28 other branches to be replaced, renovated or expanded. In the Valley, the new bond will cover improvements to branches in Sun Valley, Encino/Tarzana, Woodland Hills, Sherman Oaks, Canoga Park, Chatsworth, Sylmar, Pacoima and North Hollywood. The city of Los Angeles
The facts The new library branch in Panorama City, located at 14345 Roscoe Blvd., will be open according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the following schedule: Mondays and Tuesdays from 12:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sundays closed. The current schedule calls for the library to be open 40 hours a week, six days a week. Within a year, the library is expected to expand its hours to 52 hours over six days, remaining closed Sundays. CAPTION(S): 3 photos, map, box PHOTO (1) Councilman Joel Wachs, left, and Mayor Richard Riordan chuckle chuck·le intr.v. chuck·led, chuck·ling, chuck·les 1. To laugh quietly or to oneself. 2. To cluck or chuck, as a hen. n. A quiet laugh of mild amusement or satisfaction. over the humorous offerings Monday at the newly remodeled library in Panorama City. (2) Panorama City-area schoolchildren schoolchildren school npl → écoliers mpl; (at secondary school) → collégiens mpl; lycéens mpl schoolchildren school tour the neighborhood library, which reopened Monday after three years of improvements. (3) Jess Hernandez helps his son Anthony, 6, read a children's book during the Panorama City library's grand opening Monday. Gus Ruelas/Daily News Box: The facts (see text) Map: Panorama City Branch Library Daily News |
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