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.
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.
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.
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.
New York Times best-selling children’s book about kindness and hope. By the author of The One And Only Ivan.
Vactionland: True Stories From Painful Beaches
Suffer through painful beaches in a fun way! Ellen explains how.
Heart-wrenching memoir by holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan. Charlene sums it up.
This award-winning mysterious tale of an orphan and her search for her origins is a great read for the tween in your life.
Warmly illustrated picture book about a family trip to Havana, Cuba in an old family car. Zoom, zoom, ZOOM!
A modern existential twist on Humpty Dumpty, for kids. Our children’s librarian tells us how it works.
You won’t be able to put this one down. Margie tells us about the unforgettable award-winning debut novel.
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.
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.
A beautiful story of struggle and hope and redemption. Margie will fill you in.