Letter to the Editor: Make Ormsby House the New Library
If Carson City really needs a new library, I have an excellent idea. Let’s just buy the Ormsby House. Not for sale? Make em’ an offer they can’t refuse. Think about it.
On the 1st floor: foyer, auditorium, and changing exhibit area, all adjacent to an outdoor plaza (current valet parking). Second floor will have main library desk, space for newspaper and periodical reading, and restaurant without outdoor seating. Floors 3, 4, and 5 would be the main library collection. Floors 6, 7, and 8: computer labs, meeting rooms, and BRIC.
Floors 9 and 10 can be leased commercial office spaces (being across from the Legislature the lobbyists will eat up that space), proceeds of which go to building operation and maintenance. The facility comes complete with a 6 story parking structure. Of course we’ll have to get rid of the bar in that structure, turning it into a nice drive through Starbuck’s. It even comes with a swimming pool(maybe some kind of an aquarium). Adjacent to the plaza will be a bus stop. Changing signage can be put up(more advertising dollars).
Certainly that whole bill couldn’t cost more than the $29 million proposed now, and we can finally put an end to what has become a laughing stock of this city. Show your pride !! Let’s make an existing building
functional again.
Sharron Tipton
Carson City