t_/{ CUEw {!h B'CsToRv: JuPERIOR ~ENUE AT gAST JXTH ~RECT CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY MAIN LIBRARY LOUIS STOKES WING 1997 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Caesar D. Burkes, President Venerine L. Branham, Vice President Robert C. Petrulis, Secretary Thomas D. Corrigan Frances Hunter Charlene A. Jones Alvin L. Schorr Marilyn Gell Mason, Director ··I /Public:· ·Clev~land 1 .. =:· Library ~ EWORD ~is book presents a pictorial history of the {lJerore the groundbreaking for any building site of the Cleveland Public Library$ Business project, the needs the building will meet must and Science Annex and the construction of the first be identified and defined. Translating new Louis Stokes Wing. As we commemorate those needs into a physical reality falls to the the Stokes Wi ng dedication, we can take pride architectural team. The Architect's Statement in knowing that the Stokes Wing wi ll enable inLe rprets the design philosophy used for the Cleveland Public Li brary to maintain its planning. It describes how the elements blend position as the third largest public research traditional design with todays technology, library in the United States. The additional creating an atmosphere that is most conducive space will provide ample room for innovative for research, learning and simple enjoyment. programs that bring the Library$ wealth of resources to the people of Greater Cleveland. o// le give our heartfelt thanks to the countless men and women whose vision helped make this day possible - from William Howard Brett, Library Director in 1890, w the citizens of Cleveland, staff, volunteers, Friends of the Library, patrons, architects and construction crews. We invite you to explore the new Stokes Wing and encourage you to let your imagination and curiosity soar. The dedication of the Cleveland Public Library- Main Library-Louis Stokes Wing was generously supported by National City Bank. Copyright 1997 by Cle,·eland Public Library All Rights Reserved 2 g.ISES WITH STRENGTH TOWARD CLEVELAND'S FUTURE ..9Tn" 1890, Cleveland Public Library Director ..9/h e Louis Stokes Wing is far more than William Howard Brett embarked on a cause­ just a gleaming new building in downtown providing direct access to books on Library Cleveland. It symbolizes the knowledge that shelves. Thus, Cleveland became the first will drive success in the next century. It will major urban public library with open "stacks" enable the staff to serve the public bener in in the United States. virtually every way, and permit the Library to meet the needs of Cleveland and the nation. m rett's innovation proved extraordinarily beneficial. Combined with activity at the ..':fhe Stokes Wing will help preserve our past. Library's neighborhood branches, circulation It will enable us to keep special collections - here grew to among the highest per capita many of which are unique in the world - for in the nation. future generations of scholars and researchers here in Cleveland . .. ~cen t ury later, the Main Library's extensive collection had outgrown its space. A mere 40 lnd the new Wing \viii enhance our future. percent of the Library's materials were on open Fiber optic technologies will integrate shelves and accessible to the public. The computers, communications links, optical physical condition of the facilities endangered disc storage and other electronic resources the priceless collections and put them at risk to increase public access to information from of fire, water and temperature hazards. Some the office, school or home. areas of the stacks were actual ly too dangerous SYhe Stokes Wing of the Cleveland Public fo r patrons to use. Library rises with strength toward Cleveland's ..9Tn" the 1980's, the Library completed future- a fu ture that will be information renovations to its neighborhood branches driven. It enables all of us at the Library enabling the Trustees to make improving the to continue to provide the quality services Main Library their top priority for the 1990s. Cleveland residents expect and deserve. They developed a plan to bring its facilities up It wi ll help Cleveland move forward as a city to date, construct a new wing to replace the in which children and adults fulfill their Business and Science Annex, renovate the land­ potential, because learning never ends. mark Main Library Building and redesign the Eastman Reading Garden. A $90 million bond Caesar Burkes President, Library Board of Trustees issue to fund this plan passed by an over­ whelming 71% majority on November 5,1991. Marilyn Gel! Mason Director ~ ARACTER , CONSCIENCE, COMMITMENT THE HONORABLE LOUIS STOKES (D-OH-11) X s altogether appropriate that the new ~ ay, Congressman Stokes ranks eleventh Wing of the Cleveland Public Library be overall in House seniority. By virtue of his named after a man who recognized at an early seniority, he also serves as Dean of the Ohio age that education is the key to a better future. Congressional Delegation. Congressman Stokes has chaired several congressional committees, -0'uis Stokes, son of the late Charles and namely, the House Select Committee on Louise Stokes, was born February 23, 1925, Assassinations, the Permanent Select in Cleveland, Ohio. He was raised in public Committee on Intelligence, the Committee housing by his mother following his father's on Standards of Official Conduct (Ethics early death. After graduating from Central Committee), the VA-HUD-Independent High School, he served three years in the U.S. Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee and Army during World War II. After the war, he served as a member of the Iran Contra Panel. entered Cleveland College of Western Reserve He is a founding member and past president of University where he pursued undergraduate the Congressional Black Caucus, and has twice studies before entering Cleveland-Marshall Law won that organization's highest award for his School, from which he received his Doctor of leadership in the legislative arena. He was the Laws degree in 1953. ln 1955, he formed a first African-American member appointed to law office partnership with his brother, Carl B. the House Appropriations Committee. Stokes, and one of Cleveland's finest criminal lawyers, Norman S. Minor, under the name L?ongressman Stokes is the recipient of 20 of Minor, Stokes & Stokes. Louis became honorary doctorate degrees from colleges and recognized as an outstanding trial lawyer and universities across the nation. The degrees participated in three cases in the United States were conferred upon Congressman Stokes Supreme Court, one of which, Terry v. Ohio, in recognition of his national leadership became a landmark case in constitutional and strong commitment to public service. law. During the Civil Rights movement of the Congressman Stokes has also been honored sixties, he handled many cases for the NAACP by organizations throughout the country and other groups. for his outstanding record of service. {!)-n Novem~er 6, 1968, Louis Stokes was Sfhe remarkable life led by Congressman elected to the United States Congress on his Louis Stokes is a tribute to his character, first bid for public office. In doing so, he conscience and commitment. By his became the first African-American Member example, he has made it easier for an of Congress elected from the State of Ohio. entire generation to follow their dreams - He has been re-elected to Congress by the by walking in his footsteps. voters fourteen times, always by overwhelming margins, as a result of his outstanding service. 4 6 CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY IN LIBRARY PROJECT INFORMATION Project Team Auditorium Design Architect located beneath Eastman Reading Garden Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates 250 seats Malcolm Holzman, FAIA Projection Booth Partner-in-Charge Architect Square Footage URS Consultants Historical Architect Louis Stokes Wing Robert P Madison International, Inc. 267,981 sq. ft. Construction Manager (including area beneath garden, which Turner Construction in association is 19,231 sq. ft., and sub-basement with Choice, Colejon and Ozanne mechanical space) Lighting Consultant Fisher Marantz Renfro Stone Linear Feet of Shelving Acoustical Consul tant Louis Stokes Wing Acentech 159,635 ft. (30.25 miles) Landscape Architect Hanna Partnership Maximum Capacity Cost louis Stokes Wing 1,300,000 volumes louis Stokes Wing Construction $65,150,000 8,000,000 microfiche Main library Renovation 24,000,000 Eastman Garden Reconstruction 850,000 TOTAL $90,000,000 Cflh ile the Main Library undergoes renovations, all holdings of the Main Library Revenue Source will be housed in the Louis Stokes Wing. The $90,000,000 Bond Referendum, passed Library also contains photographs, maps, audio November 5, 1991 by 71% affirmative and video recordings, compact discs, software, vote of the Citizens of Cleveland laser discs and other library materials. Number of Levels l ouis Stokes Wing ll including basement level and floors 1-10 ~ USING OUTWARD TO OUR COMMUNITY: THE STOKES WING allowing the vistas from within the building ~e new 255,000+ square foot Louis Stokes to vary and specific features, such as the Wing doubles the size of the existing Cleveland main entrance, book drop, garden ,view and Public Library and provides direct access to the maintenance, to occur at appropriate locations. Library's collection of over 10 million books, tapes, manuscripts, photographs, maps and ~e wing's most significant divergence periodicals. from its surrounding predecessors is its focus. Although the Main Library Building was state­ ~e Louis Stokes Wing follows the of-the-art at the time of its construction, with parameters laid out by the 1903 Cleveland reading rooms around its perimeter and stacks Group Plan in many ways. Four six-story located centrally, it is an inward-looking corner pavilions, the same height as the structure. In contrast, the oval-shaped Louis corners of the original Library building and Stokes Wing has focal points that orient nearby Federal Counhouse, anchor the new patrons beyond the building and result in structure and define its exterior dimensions.