What every library should look like

While in downtown Chicago, a (very patient) friend and I happened upon the building that once was the Chicago Library. Once we actually got inside, we discovered that it had become the city's Cultural Center, and that it contained art galleries, little museum displays, and very very excellent architecture and mosaics.


I now believe that every library (or building that was once a library) should look like this:

And like this:

Not to mention this:

And also it should be full of excellent quotes laid out in mosaic tile like this one from Milton:

(Sorry that the above pic is both fuzzy and orangeish. Darn camera/darn shaky hands.)

In short, this building is absolutely perfect as a library. Except for the whole lack of books part. That was kind of disappointing.