North Shore Library 1977By ROBERTO FABRICIO
Herald St~ff Writer
This is Everhart's,version of the library at 75th Street.and Collins
· 's problemS: ~ Avenue to open. Almost two years!
Oscar Everhart,~ the ctty chief ~ , . People are denied adequate library
has 8,000 new books and
other fur-~ "THE ARCHITECT has refused facilities. Calls, letters, requests --
stacked up at the main li-' to signappro'Jal.. Slips/0 release· the ~tois an~n°essentialaVail' PleaSepublichelP,service.,,the library
inch on 21st Street, wait- ~v/u~kd ts~mthee C~bY~e~C~t~ ~eh~'~ Architect Pace said he will sug-
for the ~ opening, of the new pr ~ ' gest that the contractor's bonding
br,a,~ch. · brary.
' What is so frustrating about the "Apparently the. problems are company be notified so that the
Whole thing is that we have a 'com- that the architect said the carpet- city can hire anoth~e~' contractor to
pitted library sitting e,,mpty, and lng was laid wrong; some electrical finish -the Worlt. JMeanwhile, the
.,~I'm left holding the bag,' Everhart fixtures are the wrong kind; and ;city is holding. _.b~,.~k.about $60,000
the .co~,or of .the Stair railing is of the contract0r, i'finai payment·
~i~'said' wrong, Everhart said. ~
~.i~grTeh/mPe~blbeeTwl~sn~h~ cb~tnt~/ac~toS; ~Arc~itect Roco Pace said the
~.and the architect, problems are extensive.
"There have been numerous re-
jections of the work, including the
use of defective materials; the con-
The N~ ShOre public Library, 750i 'Collins Ave.,
a ribbon-cutting
ceremony early Friday morning. Pictured (from
left) Chef Lll~rarian OScar Everhart, Board of
mm~ EvelYn D, Rosenthal. and cutting
· e ribbim, ~yor Harold ROSen. Library hoUrs are
$:~ p~m! five days a week. On
ThnrSday~ and SUndays the library will be closed.
crete work in parts of the structure
is bad; some-of the electrical work
does not conform to code." he said.
Contractor John Demirjian was
not available for comment.
Meanwhile, there is a trailer be-
hind the main building of the new
library, from which Everhart is
trying to serve the North Beach
~ reading public. But he admitted
that the trailer is not adequate.
"We thought we might be in the
trailer for a iew months, but now
it's ~0re than a year," he said.
THE OLD library building on
that site was demolished in Octo-
her 1975. -
Residents of the area are getting
anxious, r
In a receni letter to The Heraid's
Action Liner resident Charles.
ScheCkner wrote:
"The residents of the North
Shore, Miami .Beach, have long
waited 'for the newly constructed
7501 Collins Ave..
~. PictUred (frOm
~, Board of
g
~ are
days a week. On
~ Will be closed.
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