Experts hammer library site

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: May 4, 1986| Author: Charles Nicodemus | Copyright information

Library experts from as far off as Minneapolis and Dallas have weighed in with ripping criticism of the plan to convert the Goldblatt building into a new central library.

But proponents - led by Commissioner John B. Duff and firms that are working on the $100 million renovation project - outnumbered critics at the City Council's belated, first-ever hearing on the four-year-old proposal this week.

In a letter read into the hearing record, Patrick O'Brien, Dallas library direct...

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