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News '-"'l';;-- ffMwiiiiininiiniMiii iniiiinan Vi iiiiiiTiriitiiiifrM tii lilrMMtffi r jifTi a Tifrr r " inn irrinifi nr iiM ........... . . . . v-'--' w.'.v.-.v.vm. ..:-:o..-..-.x-"-, v-v(.V.-.-A:.y --vwwwvvs av,w vXWv-X-WMmtWdA J!X?KSr9r:V 5i , , ' "v . - i I if I ! ? ?nr ! I ""N I X s ii " i 1 3 f 'J v,o:w,v.-.v.-..-,v:4( Library nearing completion far behind schedule completed. While forcing the library to store books in an increasingly cramped facility for yet an other semester, delays in finishing the new building have given his staff time to develop By 1UI1CHAEL TOOLE Tar Heel Staff Writer The long-awaited Walter Royal Davis li brary, originally scheduled to open last fall, is moving slowly but surely toward completion, according to an official in the University plan- plans which - will facilitate the move when it ning office. does happen, Alford said.- Gordon "H. Rutherford, director of facility Alford said staff members had already mea- planning, said the $22 million facility should sured about 50 miles of books and stacks in be finished soon but that a specific completion their preparation for a now delayed entry date date cannot be determined at present. . .' V of Aug. 8. "We're having some problems, but we've "We've already finished much of the plan set some deadlines next week for the contrac- ' ning and hired a professional moving com- tors," Rutherford said. ay then we snouia pany wmcn specializes m moving uoranes, have a better idea of when it will be finished." However, a quick end to construction does not mean the library will be available for stu dent use this fall because library officials have decided to -wait until early January to begin moving Wilson Library's contents to Davis Li brary. Alford said. Preparation for the move began even earlier than this planning, Alford said. For three treated to accommodate a theft detection de vice that will be in Davis Library, Alford said. - Alford said the device will be similar to that Although the entire move will take six to in the undergraduate library, but he refused to eight weeks, about two months will be needed to install necessary furniture and equipment before books can be transferred, said Larry P. Alford, head of the circulation department and coordinator of the move. "The University librarian has determined that we should not try to move during the middle of a semester," Alford said. "It would be disruptive to the academic process to try to move while midterm papers and exams are go ing on." Moving at the beginning of a semester will still be somewhat disruptive, but Wilson Li brary will remain open during the move except for a three-day period when the public depart ments such as circulation and business will be moved, Alford said. That period will probably take place over a weekend to niinimize any in convenience, he added. Alford said that in addition the new library would be opened before the move was totally comment on what was being done to the books. . "If we talked publicly about how it works, people would try to find a way to defeat it," he said. Although most of the University's volumes will be moved to their new home in Davis Li brary, departments such as the North Carolina collection and the Rare Book collection will re main in the older facility making Wilson Li brary "essentially a special collections library," Alford said. Alford said these collections will be moved to new stacks in Wilson Library when they are vacated by the move to the new library. The 1929 and 1952 sections of Wilson Li brary which now house the special collections and other volumes will undergo two-year re novations, Alford said. During that time, en trance to the collections will be made through a door opening onto Raleigh Road, he added. Tar HMlLori Thomas r . .. r 4 :::: ' . . v....v: :."w..v....,.:.;. , . - .o-:-:-: v. : ') w" aawwv . . . . , . . A.-...r..v..rf.A -5 yi.-.v.-lv.v,,v.v.-.'af.v.ss'.'wA Tar HeelLori Thomas "-...:. vl iilinn tit Booking and shopping The Walter R. Davis library (above) is nearly finished, and library staff are planning to begin moving in January. Willow Creek shopping center (left) will open by October. i Four shopping cen W By BEN PERKOVSKI Tar Heel Staff Writer Judging by the amount of shopping center construction in and around town, Chapel Hiil Carrboro needs more places to browse and buy. - By November there will be at least four new shopping areas around Chapel Hill: Cole Park Plaza, about five miles south of Chapel Hill on U.S. Highway 15-501; Willow Creek, off N.C. Highway 54 bypass on Jones" Ferry Road; Timberlyne Village, on Weaver Dairy Road just off N.C. Highway 86; and Franklin Center on Franklin Street. Franklin Center is the new minimall open ing in August where Pegasus was. The build ing is presently undergoing reconstruction. There will be a circular staircase in the mid dle of the three-level mall, above which will be a stained-glass dome. The mall will house six or seven stores and office space. Tenants already committed include: Johnny T-shirt, Subway, Foto-mat, Copy-quick, Gol den Dragon Restaurant, and Tripody's, a deli catessan. Mike Helpingstine, one of the founders of the minimall, said that while several stores, in cluding Johnny T-shirt, will open Aug. 15, the entire mall won't be fully, completed until about Oct. 1. Willow Creek shopping center, j ust past Old Well Apartments on Jones' Ferry Road should, be open by October and will have a McDonald's, Food Lion, Kerr Drug, and more than 20 variety shops. Joe Hakan, Willow Creeks owner, said other stores include a laundromat, hair salon, a pizza place, and some professional offices. Cole Park Plaza, on ILS. 15-501 South, will be built in four phases with the first phase open by Sept. 1 . The first phase will contain a Lowe's Food Store and a Revco Drugstore. The second phase should be ready by Nov. 1 and will have about 20 small shops, including a sporting goods store, exercise clinic and a laun dromat. ' , .' - Phase 3, to be completed this spring, will have a variety store, a bank and a hardware store. The fourth phase will be a professional building open in about a year. Thomas Cole Hudson, the owner of Cole Park Plaza, said that the land for the plaza has been in the Cole family since 1780. Timberlyne Village will be located just off N.C. 86 on Weaver Dairy Road near where the new Intrtntf-4fl PYtencinn mA cnmn tVirrtiifth Orange Count. Construction should be com pleted by Nov. L f Some of the stores will include: Kerr Drug, Food Lion, a book store, a sporting goods store, a unisex haircutting salon, a record store, a spa, a florist, a bank and a restaurant. Bob McAuliffv. Timherlvnp Villa ac nutner said it will be a high quality project. "I've been involved with shopping centers almost 35 years and this is about the most exciting project I've seen," he said. - Thursday, August 4, 1983 The Tar Heel 5
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