Excerpt: I have lived in Beloit since 1930, and have finally found my favorite place.
When in high school, very occasionally, I visited the public library on W. Grand Ave., but it was very old fashioned, dark, uncomfortable, noisy and uninteresting.
Later, when necessary, I visited the library at the old post office, with one small reading room within earshot of the doors, full of people seeking books in the stacks, people speaking at the reference desk, working the duplicator, or their computers, or worse yet, children noisily at their end of the main room.
The new Beloit Public Library has a sedate reading room, which is for me, ideal. Located at the west end of the lobby, on the first floor, no through traffic, no computers or lap tops clicking, conversations limited to those which are quiet and brief, closed entrance doors, a warm fireplace, comfortable leather chairs, big windows, creating a bright cheerful atmosphere, and direct access to racks of magazines and newspapers.
Photo of the former old post office location.
Postcard of the library on W. Grand Ave.
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