Midwinter Tuesday: It’s a Girl @ your library

January 27, 2009

I visited Denver Public Library this morning, invited by DPL writer/editor (and author of AL’s Midwinter dining guide this year) Sherry Spitsnaugle. It was a lovely tour of a wonderful building, but the whole event was overshadowed by the big event of the day. This morning, a woman who was riding the bus to work went into labor. The bus was passing the library at the time, so she got off and got help inside the building, and the girl was born (before opening hours) in the library foyer. While details weren’t well-known, the news was still on the lips of all of the staffers, with many brainstorming names for the healthy baby girl (my favorite: Dewetta), and the librarians in the children’s department quipping that if only the ambulence had been a bit slower to arrive they could have finished the paperwork to get the child her first library card. The library, naturally, is eagerly seeking more information, and the Denver Post is following the story. With that happy news on our minds, Sherry gave me a tour of the building. Several photos from that tour are below.  Denver Public Librarys Western History Room, which is also often used for events.The Legacy Table, where ten world leaders met at the Denver Public Library for the Denver Summit of the Eight June 20-22, 1997.President Clintons nameshield on the Legacy Table.

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