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- brentinkc, on 12/01/2007, -9/+217The library is in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. There is no attraction in Kansas worth seeing. Trust me.
- numberneal, on 12/01/2007, -11/+185the architect who decided to make this temporary needs to wake up and smell the macchiato; he's about to commit his career's biggest blunder taking that masterpiece down. you could get george bush reading regularly with a place like that.
- brentinkc, on 12/01/2007, -3/+130I live in Kansas City, and the library is just as stunning as it looks in the pictures. There's also a small movie theater in the old vault downstairs. Our downtown is actually undergoing a revitalization right now, and this is a pretty neat part of it. There's also loads of people moving here from the Gulf Coast and California. It's a good time to be a Kansas Citian.
P.S. No one here owns cows.
P.P.S. Kansas City is in Missouri. FYI. - MrBabyMan, on 12/01/2007, -7/+129god knows the print's large enough for him.
- ggnictee, on 12/01/2007, -13/+101i miss libraries. we should give them more funding.
- ez12a, on 12/01/2007, -2/+70What is this? A library for ANTS? How are people supposed to get inside when they cant even fit inside the building.
- Zervas, on 12/01/2007, -8/+55Wow, this tells me to stay out of Cardiff. Pretty trashy books.
- MerryMortician, on 12/01/2007, -3/+48wonder how much the late fees are on one of those.
- MarkDykeman, on 12/01/2007, -2/+42yes, but multi-sillybable... uh, multisybilli... uh, what's that word? oh, right, multisyllable words "maht still be ah prob-lehmm"
- adrianmonk, on 12/01/2007, -1/+40Architects are not usually the ones who decide whether a building is temporary. Usually it's the owners of the building (or land or whatever) who decide that. Architects pretty much just design things.
Architects also do site master plans (for larger sites, like a college campus), but the owners often pay architects to create such a master plan and then proceed to ignore it and do what the leadership at the time wants.
And no, I'm not an architect, but my dad is. - Mellowman999, on 12/01/2007, -0/+37It needs to be at least...three times bigger than that.
- KSUdesigner, on 12/01/2007, -6/+43Not likely. Bush doesn't do well with big words.
- thespudmall, on 12/01/2007, -7/+33Looks like advertising to me!
- fiendskull9, on 12/01/2007, -2/+28except for maybe the magical field of marijuana?
- inactive, on 12/01/2007, -2/+25over nine thousand
- Slackdragon, on 12/01/2007, -1/+23I wonder what the Adult Toy Store looks like in that town.
- brentinkc, on 12/01/2007, -0/+19The City of Kansas City was named after the Kaw Indian tribe that occupied the area at the time. It was incorporated by the State of Missouri on Feb 22, 1853 as the City of Kansas (changed to Kansas City in 1889). Kansas, which I believe was named after the same Indian tribe, was admitted to the Union as the 34th State on January 29,1861, nearly eight years after The City of Kansas had been incorporated (in Missouri).
In short, they stole the name. Apparently to create confusion. - jealousjulie, on 12/01/2007, -3/+21Kansas City is in Kansas and Missouri ;)
And I agree with your comment above that there is nothing to see in Kansas. Unless you're a Nascar fan or whatever that Speedway is for. KC is a great place to live! - Cl1mh4224rd, on 12/01/2007, -0/+18> "It really is amazing what the Internet can turn into a Bush jab... I wonder, what's gonna happen when he's gone? You'll all die of boredom, I'm sure."
Have you noticed how people still make fun of Bill Clinton? We'll be OK... - majortom1981, on 12/01/2007, -0/+17Then actually go to the library budget vote and vote.
- padrebuf, on 12/01/2007, -1/+18you've read all those?
- Klarth, on 12/01/2007, -4/+21You realise Harry Potter isn't the name of the author, right?
- otis12, on 12/01/2007, -4/+20This is very cool
- MacGyver2210, on 12/01/2007, -2/+18Uh, Tale of Two Cities? Farenheit 451? Catch 22? Are you an idiot? There's plenty of classics...
I know you'd get off on it, but the PHP reference guide and a 'How to Program C++' book wouldn't look very good up there. - bustachops, on 12/01/2007, -2/+17Kansas City ≠ Kansas, and coming from someone who has lived in a lot of places and now resides in KC - this place has more culture and nightlife than most and it's only gonna get better
- padrebuf, on 12/01/2007, -0/+14good, so you can help us solve this, are they trashy books or not?
- maus56, on 12/01/2007, -1/+14Dugg for Catch-22
- D3koy, on 12/01/2007, -0/+12What do you think were the criteria for the books used for Cardiff?
-Have pages
-be a book in the library - brentinkc, on 12/01/2007, -6/+18Yes, but we keep it in the "fiction" section.
- kajoob, on 12/01/2007, -2/+14Pot. Meet kettle.
- GMorgan, on 12/01/2007, -0/+11Where is this in Cardiff. As someone who travels there everyday, I've never seen it.
- AThoughtOrTwo, on 12/01/2007, -1/+12Wouldn't it be more cool if they KEPT IT? and maybe expanded the idea?
Grocery stores would have - groceries adorning their fronts.
KMart would have - oh, it already does! - evanmyers, on 12/01/2007, -0/+11Actually, there's both Kansas City, Kansas AND Kansas City, Missouri.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City,_Kansas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri - franksands, on 12/01/2007, -5/+16I'm not from the US, so can any resident tell me why there is a Kansas City in Missouri? Is it to trick the tourists?
- BIGJHUB, on 12/01/2007, -0/+10there is going to be mess when it rains.
- dpknc84, on 12/01/2007, -1/+11Stop digging adrianmonk down, he's right in this case. Architechts don't have any say in this, numberneal is wrong.
It's like when you want to build a house and your architect gives you a design you don't quite like. You have the authority to ask him to change it, because you're paying for his services. He'll change it because he wants to be paid. - ChuqAU, on 12/01/2007, -0/+9It's near the Torchwood building. You've probably never noticed it because it has a perception filter around it.
- rabbro, on 12/01/2007, -0/+9Wow, there's a few people on Digg from Cardiff! :P
- Fieri, on 12/01/2007, -0/+8It's exactly the same as all the others. Ruggedly handsome middle-aged professor meets hot scientist-researcher chick, discovers grand conspiracy and subsequently that the old dude who is in charge is the ultimate villian.
- MarkDykeman, on 12/01/2007, -0/+8as I've mentioned elsewhere, this is creative and brilliant!
- timpkmn89, on 12/01/2007, -1/+8None because everyone would be bitching for a tax break/refund.
- tracydanger, on 12/02/2007, -0/+7Wow, that comment is so very wrong. Library's are still the great equalizer. I work with many low-income families that can't afford the internet at home and they use the library to get internet access. Also, staring at a computer screen all day is not good for you. Real books are good for you, and you don't have to buy every one that you read if you use the library. Not to mention that my library has way more movies than Blockbuster and tons of CDs. Your world view is very small if you think that the internet has made libraries obsolete. Also, not to mention that there is usually a lot more effort put into the composition of published books than into web pages.
- aacase, on 12/01/2007, -0/+7because it's in Europe..
- dynacrylic, on 12/01/2007, -0/+7Makes me realize how much the Library I work at sucks- no offense to the cookie cutter architect who designed it.
- harpwn, on 12/02/2007, -1/+7***** you, Saint Louis blows.
- Twenty, on 12/01/2007, -0/+6Dugg for libraries.
- AROZ, on 12/02/2007, -0/+6Are you insecure? The Bible is a major world text. Famed literary critic Northrop Frye said that whether you're a believer or not, the Bible is the text that everyone should read, at least to have an understanding of archetype.
- nebbo, on 12/02/2007, -0/+6Since you want everyone else to fund libraries, how much have you donated to your local branch this year?
- richardiscool, on 12/01/2007, -0/+6John Street
- Wizer04, on 12/01/2007, -1/+7Lord of the Rings is there.
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