WILSON’S QUIET TOUCH
It just reminds you that someday somebody will demand they ‘fix’ these claustrophobic corridors, the ship’s-ladder stairs,
the below-lit glass floors and the seven-foot ceilings, and a bit more of the stuff of legends will pass.
But there’s no substitute for getting
one’s foot in the dome, so to speak.
Nothing’s forever
The N.C. Department of Insurance has caught up with the old
library. Those who can navigate the
stacks move seamlessly through the
original ’ 29 building, and the ’ 52
and ’ 77 additions, but renovations
and rerouting over the years have
been piecemeal, and the state won’t
allow any more of that until a sprin-
kler system and two new stairwells
are installed. The additions will usurp
a couple of the big windows on the
back, for the most part unnoticeable.
It just reminds you that someday
somebody will demand they “fix”
these claustrophobic corridors, the
ship’s-ladder stairs, the below-lit glass
floors and the seven-foot ceilings,
and a bit more of the stuff of legends
will pass.
In the waning semester, 10 or so
scholars have found their way up the
