We visited the new Seattle Public Library this weeekend. It is much bigger and taller inside than I expected. My fear of heights got in the way the higher I went up, but I’d get accustomed to the environment after time. Neat details that stood out: 1st floor maple floor “featuring 12 languages that are predominant in the Library’s collections. The letters are backward in reference to typeface and the way books are printed. The backward letters recreate the experience of learning to read, where abstract symbols become meaningful.” The automated bookdrop with its visible conveyor belt system. Bamboo flooring in certain areas. The book spiral isn’t really a curving spiral as I’d imagined; it’s squared. “Nerf” foam furniture that already is looking a little dirty. And Dewey Decimal numbers on the LED displays in the elevators.