Way back in August, the downtown Pittsburgh library closed in order to move a few blocks. The sign on the new building said that it would open in the fall. I’ve been keeping an eye on it to see when it would open again, but the fall wore on into the winter, and it remained closed.

Today, over the lunch hour I went for a walk to check again on the library. As I walked by the William Penn Hotel, I noticed that there were numerous news trucks with parked all around the hotel. Strange. That usually means there is something big going on in town. Something news worthy. I noticed that one of the news trucks was from Rhode Island. I took a wild guess. Perhaps there is a major sporting event in town. But college football is over. Baseball hasn’t started, and the Pirates don’t have big games anymore. It can’t be the Penguins since hockey is in lockout. (What would happen to a sport if they canceled their season and no one noticed?) Well, whatever.

When I got to the library today, I found that it was finally open. The place is nicely laid out, with lots of new furniture and equipment. I walked around the two floors, checking out everything.

There were lots of new computers, and I was amused to see they had a small sign that said, “A library card is required to use this computer.” I guess the people I saw using those computers were doing so on behalf of their library cards.

All in all, it was a great walk, and I am glad that the library is open again.