Today I found myself in a very nice conference room, with a fine view of the gorgeous roof of our Central Library, @laplcentral. #mydayinlapic.twitter.com/MHbmJePHim
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And as that link notes,
@LAConservancy came into being in 1978 to fight the library building's proposed demolition.Show this thread
And the torch on top of the building is a replica. The original now lives inside the library.pic.twitter.com/P2eq5fwJA6
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The torch all alone in that niche looks a bit wild and weird. I've stared at it before, wondering about its origins. You don't see the drama of that coiled snake when you're gazing at the roof!
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Speaking of the torch looking wild and weird: https://www.instagram.com/p/BocV-NfhxVN/
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"Knowledge is imagined as a lamp, wisdom as a guiding star, and the conscious tradition of mankind as a torch passed from generation to generation." Hartley Alexander, The Light of Learning
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