Late October is target for library’s relocation

The Princeton Public Library will move into temporary quarters at the Princeton Shipping Center.

By: Jennifer Potash
   The Princeton Public Library will not close the books on downtown Princeton for another month.
   The library is targeting a late October date to move into its temporary headquarters at the Princeton Shopping Center, said Assistant Library Director Eric Greenfeldt at a meeting of the library trustees on Tuesday.
   Earlier, the library had hoped to move by early October.
   The delay is not significant, said Library Director Leslie Burger.
   Before moving out of the Witherspoon Street building, Ms. Burger said, the detailed construction documents need to be finalized and a contractor hired to build the new three-story building.
   Mr. Greenfeldt said the demolition of the existing library should take place in early January.
   The trustees of the Princeton Public Library unveiled the new logo for the library which features the word "princeton" in lower-case type with an icon of a person reading in the "o."
   Initial response by the trustees was mixed.
   Harry Levine, president of the trustees said he liked the "boldness" of the logo.
   "It shows we have a bit of a sense of humor," he said.
   Princeton Township Mayor Phyllis Marchand said while she liked the logo, she was concerned the design would not be linked with the library.
   The logo was created by the graphic design team at The Hillier Group, the West Windsor-based architectural firm which designed the new library.
   The library would like to place the logo on T-shirts, bags, umbrellas and baseball caps to sell as fund-raisers, trustees said.