A Library for Chinatown

Once upon a time (1896-1956), there was a little library in Boston's Chinatown. The library served all the people in the area, Chinese and not, until one day, the City had to tear it down. The City had to tear the library down because they wanted to put a highway there. Instead of moving the library somewhere else, they never gave it a new home. And what happened to all those books? I don't know.

The neighborhood waited and waited for a new library. They waited almost 50 years, and when a new century began, a group of them decided to take the matter into their own hands.

After an 8 year campaign, the City hasn't decided to open the library back up, but a group of community partners is opening a temporary storefront library in Chinatown to gather support for a permanent location. That storefront library opens tomorrow, October 14. Check out the website for details.