Three of the Little Free Libraries that were auctioned off at the 2012 Decatur Book Festival were installed this week. Patrick Grier from the City’s Public Works Department built the stands and installed them around town. The first one is in front of City Hall:
There’s a second one installed in Harmony Park (photo coming soon) in Oakhurst and a third library purchased in honor of the Book Festival’s first board chair, Alice Murray, is in front of Dancing Goats:
We added a handful of books to each library yesterday and they’re already almost empty. Help us out by stocking them with some of your own books that you’d like to share – otherwise we’ll just keep filling them with our management books and there’s only so many times you can read Good to Great.
A handful of Decatur residents bid and won the other Little Free Libraries at the Book Festival. If you know where those libraries are installed in Decatur, let us know by leaving a comment on this post.
For more information about Little Free Libraries, visit this website.
Happy reading!
I have one–it’s at 154 Woodlawn Ave. It’s the one that was decorated by David Laufer. We had a party when we inaugurated it last month. Come visit! I know there’s another at the corner of Lamont and Vidal–the Clairmont end.
Thanks for the info Annie!
These are wonderful! Can’t wait to see them when I visit Decatur next month!
I’ve already cleaned out my bookshelf so I can add some books to one of the Little Libraries!
The LFLs are all beautiful. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the one in front of Dancing Goats needs to be turned around to face the sidewalk, so people can browse while standing on the sidewalk, rather than in the street (W. Ponce). .
The LFL was actually turned around the day it was installed. I just took the photo before that happen. Looks like we’re all on the same page!