Quoting from the Manchester Evening news in 2010: Lord Norman, 73, who was educated at Burnage Grammar School, has designed some of the world’s most iconic buildings. His portfolio includes London’s famous ‘Gherkin’, the new Wembley stadium, the Berlin Reichstag and New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Lord Foster, who moved to Levenshulme as a child, said he was indebted to his local library. “The pictures [of Levenshulme library]are to remind myself of the debt I owe to the library. If it hadn’t been for the library, I probably wouldn’t have gone to university. I discovered a whole world of literature and also a world of architecture, like the original books of Corbusier.”
The building fell into dis-use in early 2016, and remained empty for 2 years until LOLCIO was finally able to re-open it as a new arts and culture centre. We researched the original endowment and that has provided us with our inspiration. In our letter to the council requesting an asset transfer we said:
“LOLCIO have consulted widely on our vision for a centre that can serve not only residents of Levenshulme but the whole of Manchester can be proud of. With a strong focus on community based arts, culture, wellbeing and in particular raising the aspirations and opportunities of young people. We feel our vision is wholeheartedly in keeping with the spirit of the original endowment of the building to Levenshulme by Andrew Carnegie.”
As said in a newspaper report in 1904, when the building was first gifted to Levenshulme Urban District Council:
“There is no more useful and generous means of distributing wealth than bearing the expense of providing and disseminating knowledge…One of the latest additions to his wonderful scheme of providing these ‘storehouses of knowledge’ is at Levenshulme.”
Below are photographs and papers relating to the Levenshulme Carnegie Library. First opened in December 1904.
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Most of the photos here are © Tony Gribben, a local photographer who was on hand at each of the protests and whose work will form the basis of this exhibition. ✊ Vive La Levolution! ✊
We want to ensure the resulting exhibition gives a good cross section of the protests which took place and the diverse community who were involved and ensure the overall quality of the exhibition high, so we'll need to curate our donations to reflect the spirit of our community. https://t.co/3OBUhRTuhm
Anything donated will be kept safe, credited during the exhibition, and returned once it's all over. So if you have any of the items in these photos - or anything else which you took to the streets of Levenshulme back in 2013 - please either DM us or email levoldlib@gmail.com https://t.co/P1s5WQRfkm
We need donations! This could be original placards, banners, t-shirts, masks or any other items which were used during the protests, or any photos or videos of the marches. No matter how tatty, crude or unlovely you think they are - we want to know about them! https://t.co/XuXCliFNlz
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