Melville Site Improvements: September 5, 2018
The Melville building’s parking lot is complete. Come by and check it out!
Updates
Project Progress: August 31, 2018
Design documents from our architects, Peter Gisolfi Associates, arrived today.
Melville Site Improvements: July 31, 2018
Melville Parking Lot 7/31/18
As promised, site improvements at the Melville building have started. When visiting the library, please park across the street at Sunquam Elementary School. Thank you for your cooperation.
Meeting with the Architect
On April 25, architects from Peter Gisolfi Associates spent the day with staff members from each department to discuss their dreams and plans for the new building and the future of the HHH Library. Staff members provided insight on programming, library usage and collection development. Additionally, staff members gave suggestions regarding the preliminary drawings and changes. The architects will continually revise the drawings to incorporate input from staff members.
Project Progress: July 11, 2018
Drawings of the new library have been submitted to New York State Education Department for approval. As mentioned at our public meetings, the process can take 6 to 18 months for approval. In the meantime, we are prepping to move to an alternate location as soon as possible so that site work at 55 Vanderbilt Parkway can begin.
Melville Site Improvements: June 18, 2018
On June 18, your Board of Trustees approved plans for site improvements to Melville to begin this summer. John Tanzi Architects have been hired to execute the approved drawings below. Plan to see upgrades to the parking lot including curbs, sidewalks, book drop, signage, landscaping and lighting.
In the Stacks: Wishtree
New York Times best-selling children’s book about kindness and hope. By the author of The One And Only Ivan.
In the Stacks: Vacationland
Vactionland: True Stories From Painful Beaches
Suffer through painful beaches in a fun way! Ellen explains how.
In the Stacks: Four Perfect Pebbles
Heart-wrenching memoir by holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan. Charlene sums it up.
In the Stacks: Beyond the Bright Sea
This award-winning mysterious tale of an orphan and her search for her origins is a great read for the tween in your life.
In the Stacks: All the Way to Havana
Warmly illustrated picture book about a family trip to Havana, Cuba in an old family car. Zoom, zoom, ZOOM!
In the Stacks: After the Fall
A modern existential twist on Humpty Dumpty, for kids. Our children’s librarian tells us how it works.
In the Stacks: Behold the Dreamers
You won’t be able to put this one down. Margie tells us about the unforgettable award-winning debut novel.
In the Stacks: Spaceman (Long Island Reads 2018)
Long Island Reads chairperson Janet Schneider joins us to talk about this year’s choice, the inspiring story of Long Island’s Michael Massimino and his unlikely career as an astronaut for NASA.
In the Stacks: The World Broke in Two
The World Broke in Two: Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, E. M. Forster and the Year That Changed Literature
A book about books, and writing, famous authors, publishing, and all the angst set in a year that brought a change to the way the modern world thinks. Ellen explains why.