Articles about the Benning Road Library

List of articles concerning the Benning Road Library and surrounding community.

• Latest plan adds library to NE project

  January 18, 2008, Washington Business Journal -- City Interests LLC, the developer planning to transform a major shopping center in Northeast D.C. into a mixed-use plaza, is moving to add some notable parcels: the headquarters of the Marshall Heights Community Development Organization and the site of the Benning Neighborhood Library.

• Follow That Story: Misinformed Mofos

  January 17, 2008, Washington City Paper -- Since shuttering in 2004, the Benning Neighborhood Library lost its books and gained several battles between city officials and Northeast activists.

• A Lawsuit, a Protest, and Some Progress at the DC Public Library

  July 19, 2007, Library Journal -- The District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) may have gained the confidence of some members of the public as it installs interim libraries, yet still, distrust in some neighborhoods has grown.

• D.C. to pay more than federal standard for library designs

  July 18, 2007, Washington Examiner -- D.C. officials are preparing to pay design contractors nearly three times the federal and industry standards for redesign of four libraries.

• Borrowing Time

  July 5, 2007, Washington City Paper -- Tingling-Clemmons & Co. don't think it's smart to bulldoze Benning library.

• Needy Readers

  May 9, 2007, Washington Post Editorial -- Why is the city so quick to help out prosperous Georgetown when it's been so sluggish in other places, particularly less-influential neighborhoods across the river?

• Library Advocates Frustrated By Closed Libraries

  August 17, 2006, NBC4.com -- For almost two years, the Benning Road, Anacostia, Tenley-Friendship and Shaw libraries have been closed. Some library advocates said that with 37 percent of D.C.'s adult population lacking basic reading comprehension, all of the libraries need to be open.

• Next Time, Keep It Quiet

  March 7, 2007, Washington City Paper Blog -- The Benning Neighborhood Library has been closed since December 2004, leaving lots of Ward 7 residents wondering when their community will be served by something more than occasional bookmobiles and a tiny kiosk in nearby Deanwood.

• D.C. ends FY 2007 with another $80M

  February 2, 2008, Washington Examiner -- The D.C. government ended fiscal year 2007 with a $248 million surplus, which includes $80 million in cash it could spend or opt to save for an expected economic crunch, figures obtained by The Examiner show.

• Libraries held up by D.C.'s smart-growth ambitions

  May 2, 2008, Washington Business Journal -- Board of Trustees, and Ginnie Cooper, D.C.’s chief librarian, worry development projects will further delay new libraries in Tenleytown and Benning.

• New Benning Library: Asset or Obstacle?

  June 1, 2008, East of the River Magazine -- Despite a council hearing on April 19, called expressly to put all options on the record, no process has yet been arranged for community input on long-term possibilities for East River Park and the library.

• Overhaul Urged For D.C. Libraries,

  January 18, 2006, Washington Post -- More than $450 million is needed to properly fix the District's public library system, the Mayor's Blue Ribbon Taskforce on Libraries reported, because the buildings suffer from years of neglect and should be almost entirely rebuilt.

• Bring Back My Library

  December 31, 2006, Washington Post -- Help us save the Benning Public Library.Help us save the Benning Public Library.

• Benning Library brings commerce, community in sync

  April 5, 2010, Washington Post -- With the opening of a new Benning Library today, the District of Columbia's library system begins a brisk period of exciting change, with multiple new facilities coming on line throughout the city.

• Benning Library Opens in DC After 5-Year Absence

  April 5, 2010, ABC News Channel 7 -- The first new library in D.C. in 20 years opened Monday. The building at 3935 Benning Road NE is one of 10 in the works.

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