This brutal beauty of reinforced concrete and glass is a library for UC San Diego designed in 1970 by architect William Pereira. The library was originally called the "Central Library" until a renovation was completed and it was renamed the Geisel Library Building on December 1, 1995 in honor of Audrey and Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) for the generous contributions they have made to the library and their devotion to improving literacy.
UC San Diego’s Mandeville Special Collections Library is the main repository for the papers of Dr. Seuss. The Dr. Seuss Collection, contains more than 8,500 items documenting the full range of Geisel’s work.
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How weird, I drove by the campus this weekend with the family and thinking of the library. I remember walking by the library years ago with my wife and her cousin, who was a student. It's both impressive and a little repulsive at the same time.
When I worked on the campus, a backhoe broke through a water main. A big water main. And sent water flooding down the hill and toward the lower than ground entrance to the library. The rushing water got to the automatic doors, was sufficient to open them, and poured into the library. The library was closed for weeks while they cleaned up.
They added a height sensor to the doors so that it wouldn't happen again.
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