ReClaim South Ambassador Project: Little Free Libraries
Program Area: Ambassador Project
Topic: Vacant Land
Year: 2014
Neighborhood: Allentown, Beltzhoover, Knoxville, South, South Side Slopes, St. Clair
Parent Project: ReClaim South
About the Project
The Little Free Library is a national movement, where communities plant covered boxes full of books where residents can “take a book, return a book”. Working with the other Ambassadors and considering public transit lines, David will install five different boxes on four Ambassador project sites and one on a Western Pennsylvania Conservancy garden. His vision is that bus commuters will be able to peruse the selection before taking their trip on the bus. It is also a great way to discover your neighbors’ tastes in books.
“I think people in my neighborhood are getting a little bit nervous about the future – about whether this neighborhood is changing. I think a lot of people are worried there’s going to be gentrifying…How will we make sure that everybody gets to share in the rewards that are going to come?”
David Totten
ReClaim South Ambassador, Southside Slopes
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Josephine St & Barry St, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
215 Estella Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15210, USA
871 Climax Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15210, USA
416 Orchard Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15210, USA
412-424 Mountain Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15210, USA
