{"id":3691,"date":"2012-02-22T20:15:35","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T20:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryshenanigans.wordpress.com\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2026-02-11T23:22:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:22:01","slug":"mini-libraries-in-nyc-phone-booths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/2012\/02\/22\/mini-libraries-in-nyc-phone-booths\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini-libraries in NYC phone booths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/urban-design\/john-locke-nyc-communal-phone-booth-libraries.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1176\" title=\"john-locke-phone-booth-library2.jpg.492x0_q85_crop-smart\" src=\"http:\/\/jessyrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/john-locke-phone-booth-library2-492x0_q85_crop-smart.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a>New York City architect John Locke proposes converting neglected NYC phone booths into tiny little libraries. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/urban-design\/john-locke-nyc-communal-phone-booth-libraries.html\">this article<\/a>, &#8220;Using donated books, Locke tried a first version in one uptown neighbourhood that was promptly cleared of books in six hours and had the shelving stolen in a little over a week. His second version in another neighbourhood eight blocks south and pictured above, fared much better, thanks to the change of location and the addition of a Dewey-like organization system and official-looking DUB logo.&#8221; Thanks, Dina Wood!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City architect John Locke proposes converting neglected NYC phone booths into tiny little libraries. According to this article, &#8220;Using donated books, Locke tried a first version in one uptown neighbourhood that was promptly cleared of books in six hours and had the shelving stolen in a little over a week. His second version [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":413,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shenanigans"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3q4oW-Xx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/413"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4164,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3691\/revisions\/4164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}