The Atwater Library on 20 February 2010

 

The Atwater Library on 10 February 2010

The Atwater Library, located on Atwater Street near the Alexis Nihon Plaza, has helped our community find great books to read for over a hundred years. 

Atwater Library, March 2010

I've mentioned, and written about, the Atwater Library before. This skylight, above a stairwell that allows you to look down from the second floor to the main desk on the first floor, has always held a fascination for me. I have always appreciated the aesthetic quality of the skylight, the repetition of the windows, and even the electric light hanging from the middle of the skylight. On the second floor walls adjacent to the open area that the sky light is above, are photographs of the original founders and administrators of the libray, back from when it was called the Mechanics Institute and located in a different part of Montreal. The library is an important part of our English-speaking history and presence in this city.