New Mitchell Park Buildings Are A Misfit

Sorry, but this perspective is not new or original. People have been complaining about these buildings for at least 18 months...

Does 4 sentences constitute a blog post? Next time go ahead and tweet this. Then delete that tweet.

I think the new library, if that is what the poster is talking about will work out fine. I was driving by the other day and looking it and it seemed very light and airy. I hope it is a "green" building that will save a lot of energy. I can\'t wait to check it out. When the trees grow in around it I it will look good. I know it is different, but you know, so was the Newell Library when it first was built. I remember my Grandma always grumbling about that building too. Now people almost all like it. Give it some time. There\'s lots uglier buildings in Palo Alto, and some lots older too.

Looks like there is a bug in the posting program ... when I type an apostrophe I get a backslash in front of it ... like so ... ' ' ' ' '

Hmmmm well it didn't work when I typed the apostrophe alone ... maybe it screws up in a contraction?

Alright ... nevermind.

Paul you are obviously a lot luckier than most of us as we have not been able to get inside.

From the outside, the front may be reasonably ok, but the front is at the side and not really visible from the street. The side is facing the street, which seems odd to me.

From the street the back is blue and stark, the side is messy and the front has bushes, stone and yellow.

There is a strange white pile of something which may be art or may be a pile of debris that looks as if it may topple in an earthquake. It can't be seen properly at present, but adds to the unfinished feel.

As I said, you have seen more than the rest of us. I am not holding my breath.

Walking by the library on Middlefield will be a rare "pleasure".
This "green" building is emitting loud noises from mechanical equipment poorly muffled by inefficient louvers.
Ventilation exhaust is spewed horizontally inches above people's head, from outlets that on any other building would be on the roof.
Only to name a couple of things.

Alex,

There is no foundation to your assertion. I have not edited or deleted anything from this thread. Find a better use of your time than taking cheap shots without evidence to back up what you assert. The PA Online folks may have taken action, which they have the right to do.

Maybe your next edition should be about reading comprehension? ;-)

"New Mitchell Park Buildings Are A Misfit"

Bite your tongue--if the ARB finds that out they'll conform the park to the buildings.