Richmond Library in Philadelphia, Pa., has been forced to close indefinitely due to a severely damaged roof. Leaks and falling plaster have created an unsafe environment for patrons and staff.
The roof of the Richmond Library is filled with leaks and plaster is falling on the inside. The library is closed indefinitely because of a faulty roof and will undergo construction. After a brief period where the library reopened, the Richmond Library is closed indefinitely because its roof is falling apart. The ceiling is beset with leaks, and pieces of plaster continually drop to the floor, including a heavy chunk that fell near the children’s section.
The construction to repair the roof through the city’s Rebuild initiative has been stalled for months. Amy Thatcher, who works at Richmond Library and is a member of AFSCME District Council 47 Local 2186, said that she once had faith that Rebuild would restore the library, but now she feels “very differently.”“We understand how important the library is to the Port Richmond community and the library will reopen as soon as all needed repairs are complete,” Lloyd Salasin-Deane, a Rebuild spokesperson, said via email. The Rebuild initiative, a series of reinvestment and construction projects in Philly infrastructure funded by the soda tax, began a $1.9 million roof replacement for Richmond Library in February. Since construction workers removed the building’s roof that month, they have yet to make progress on its replacement. The most recent Rebuild published in September stated that construction was 0% completed, though Salasin-Deane said that the project, including the roof removal, is 50% finished. After workers removed the roof last winter, they installed a temporary, watertight layer that is typically meant only to last several months. But the roof began leaking a month later, which construction workers told Richmond staff was because of the structure’s rotting woo
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