Boston Central Library
Contact: Maureen Anderson, project manager, City of Boston Public Facilities Department,
26 Court Street, 10th Floor, Boston, MA 02108
T: 617.635.0535, manderson.pfd@cityofboston.gov
Dick worked with a team of architects and engineers to study the relationship of the world-renowned McKim Building with the "new" (opened in the 1970s) Philip Johnson building. The bulk of the BPL's research collections are in the McKim structure. The goal of the Library was to achieve a more seamless connection between the two facilities, and to improve the "atmosphere" of the Johnson building (Phase IIC project).
Denver Central Library, CO
Contact: Rich Aston, City Librarian (retired, now with the Urban Libraries Council) 125 South Wacker Dirve, Suite 1050, Chicago IL 60606
T: 312.676.0999, rashton@urbanlibraries.org
This was a facility plan for the Central Library. It was an expansion and renovation project. The new construction was dedicated March 1995, the renovation completed in 1996. The total building complex, 576,000 bgsf, cost approximately $75 million. We were first hired to prepare a space needs assessment for the Central Library. Following completion of that phase of work we were asked to (a) conduct a site study, (b) analyze the existing building, (c) write a building program statement, (d) plan and accompany library staff and commission members on a national tour of other new large library buildings, (e) participate in the selection of architects via a design competition, (f) plan and accompany the staff, Commission, and selected architectural firm on a second national tour, (g) review all a/e plans and specifications, (h) consult with the library on the development of their system-wide technology plan, and (l) work with an environmental conditions firm to help achieve a "healthy" building.
Jacksonville Public Library
Contact: Barbara Gubbin, director, 303 N. Laura St., Jacksonville, FL 32202
T: 904.630.1994, bgubbin@coj.net
For this North Florida system we completed a system wide master facility plan. Voters approved a multi-million dollar tax increase for library improvements, including a new Central Library and $120 million in branch library projects. We also advised on site selection. Prior to preparing the program we conducted a workshop with Main Library and administrative staff on the programming process, conducted 10 focus groups, and facilitated a town hall meeting about the Main Library sponsored by the daily newspaper. We took the Jacksonville staff, Board, and City Project Director on a tour of new libraries on the West Coast, Southwest, Rocky Mountains, and Southeast. We advised the Library on the Design Competition for the new building, and reviewed of the Schematic and Design Development plans as prepared by architect Robert A.M. Stern, New York. The new Central Library building opened November 2005. All of the recommended branch libraries have now been completed.
Nashville Central Library
Contact: Donna Nicely, Director, 615 Church St., Nashville, TN 37219.2314
T: 615.862.5760, donna_nicely@metro.nashville.org
We prepared a master plan for Nashville Public Library. One of our recommendations was a new 300,000 square foot Main Library, along with a series of regional libraries, a substantial investment in technology and collections, and ADA compliance recommendations for all existing facilities. The Mayor and Metro Council funded that project and the recommended regional libraries (a $98 million capital improvements program) in the fall of 1996. We were then retained to prepare the building program for the new Main Library and the regional libraries, and to assist with the selection of an architect via a design competition for the Central Library. The new Central Library was dedicated June 2001. Most of the branch library projects have now been completed.
Santa Monica Public Library
Contact: Greg Mullen, director, 1343 Sixth Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401
T: 310.458.8600, greg-mullen@ci.santa-monica.ca.us
We first reviewed and updated a Space Needs Assessment report prepared by another planning firm. We next prepared a new Space Needs Assessment for each department of the Library. Following agreement, we held a half-day workshop with the staff to explain our programming process and to answer staff questions. Next, a draft building program for a planned renovation and expansion of the existing building was prepared. Following a prolonged contractual process with the design architect, and the hiring of a construction manager, a decision was made to build a totally new building. A new program was prepared, and a revised cost estimate prepared. The building opened January 2006.
Yonkers Public Library
Contact: Stephen Force, director, Riverfront Library, 1 Larkin Center, Yonkers, NY 10701
T: 914.337.1500, sforce@ypl.org
This project was a renovation project. The Library and the Board of Education are sharing a five-level building originally built as the corporate and manufacturing headquarters for Otis Elevator located on the East River in downtown Yonkers. We wrote the building program statement for a building of about 100,000 SF. We were then hired by the architects, to review design plans. The facility was dedicated September 2002.
Metropolitan Library System in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, OK
Contact: Donna Morris, executive director, 300 Park Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73102
T: 405.231.8650, director@metrolibrary.org
Oklahoma City voters passed a $287 million dollar capital improvements program in 1994 to be funded from a one-cent sales tax. One of the projects was a new 115,000 SF downtown Main Library. Mr. Waters was hired by the overall program coordinator, an Oklahoma City architectural/engineering firm, to assist with building program development and preliminary cost estimates. He also arranged for and took the library staff, city officials, and program coordinators on a tour of new central/main library buildings. The building was opened in 2004. It includes one floor that serves as a continuing education center in partnership with Oklahoma City area colleges and universities.
In addition to the above Godfrey’s Associates, Inc. has served as consultant for the following Central Main library projects.
Grand Rapids, MI
Memphis-Shelby County Public Library, TN
Mobile, AL
Philadelphia, PA
Richland County Library, SC
Rochester Library, NY
San Diego Library, CA
San Francisco, CA
Tucson, AZ