{"id":8470,"date":"2014-05-27T08:04:25","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T12:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/?p=8470"},"modified":"2014-05-27T08:04:25","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T12:04:25","slug":"more-little-free-libraries-in-rochester-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2014\/05\/more-little-free-libraries-in-rochester-ny\/","title":{"rendered":"More Little Free Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"A Little Free Libraries at 226 Hudson Avenue. Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Ken Braley]\" rel=\"lightbox-freeLibraries2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-free-library-10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-free-library-10.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"A Little Free Libraries at 226 Hudson Avenue. Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Deanna Varble]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA while back, Chris Clemens called attention to Rochester&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2013\/08\/little-free-libraries-rochester-ny\/\" target=\"_new\">growing collection of Little Free Libraries <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a>. Last week Deanna Varble and Ken Braley wrote in to RocSubway and asked me to share a few more they&#8217;ve been working on.<\/p>\n<p>I love this grassroots effort to encourage reading. And I&#8217;m happy to share these newest additions to the greater Rochester neighborhood&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a title=\"A new Little Free Library at 431 Jay St. Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Deanna Varble]\" rel=\"lightbox-freeLibraries2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-free-library-05.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-free-library-05.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"A Little Free Library at 431 Jay St. Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Deanna Varble]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWith the help of volunteers, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rochesterhabitat.org\/\" target=\"_new\">Flower City Habitat for Humanity <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> installed this Little Free Library at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlessettlementhouse.org\/\" target=\"_new\">Charles Settlement House <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/431+Jay+St\/@43.1593955,-77.6317202,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89d6b460636455c9:0x4e55ef076806d60d\" target=\"_new\">431 Jay Street <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The library was built by FCHH\u2019s cabinet shop volunteers and painted by an art teacher at Cobbles Elementary School in Penfield, NY. The books were donated by students at Cobbles and it will be re-socked with more of the Cobble\u2019s donated book by the Small family, residents of the JOSANA neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A Little Free Library going up at 55 Hall Street. Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Ken Braley]\" rel=\"lightbox-freeLibraries2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-free-library-06.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-free-library-06.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"A Little Free Library going up at 55 Hall Street. Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Deanna Varble]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s another new library box going up at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/55+Hall+St\/@43.1609849,-77.562104,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89d6b58827d238b1:0x9713d84df3623d64\" target=\"_new\">55 Hall Street <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A Little Free Library at 125 Caroline Street. Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Ken Braley]\" rel=\"lightbox-freeLibraries2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-free-library-07.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-free-library-07.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"A Little Free Library at 125 Caroline Street. Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Deanna Varble]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd another one at the South Wedge Mission, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/125+Caroline+St\/@43.139776,-77.6023876,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89d6b5195663449b:0x8cc552f196fecf56\" target=\"_new\">125 Caroline Street <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A Little Free Library at 125 Caroline Street. Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Ken Braley]\" rel=\"lightbox-freeLibraries2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-free-library-08.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-free-library-08.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"A Little Free Library at 125 Caroline Street. Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Deanna Varble]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/125+Caroline+St\/@43.139776,-77.6023876,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89d6b5195663449b:0x8cc552f196fecf56\" target=\"_new\">125 Caroline Street <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A Little Free Library at 415 Gregory Street. Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Ken Braley]\" rel=\"lightbox-freeLibraries2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-free-library-09.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-free-library-09.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"A Little Free Library at 415 Gregory Street. Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Deanna Varble]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis one is at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/415+Gregory+St\/@43.142982,-77.600745,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89d6b51b6b117291:0x6dce7b6e6742acae\" target=\"_new\">415 Gregory Street <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A Little Free Libraries at 226 Hudson Avenue. Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Ken Braley]\" rel=\"lightbox-freeLibraries2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-free-library-11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 6px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/rochester-free-library-11.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"A Little Free Libraries at 226 Hudson Avenue. Rochester, NY. [PHOTO: Deanna Varble]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd last but not least, this one at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rcommunitybikes.net\/\" target=\"_new\">R Community Bikes <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/226+Hudson+Ave\/@43.167765,-77.601653,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89d6b5b150a60397:0xb6cec83bcacac429\" target=\"_new\">226 Hudson Avenue <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Check out the a map of the <a href=\"http:\/\/littlefreelibrary.org\/ourmap\/\" target=\"_new\">Little Free Libraries across the country <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/rocshare.tumblr.com\/map\" target=\"_new\">more in Rochester <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:relative; top:2px;\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" heigth=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Happy reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while back, Chris Clemens called attention to Rochester&#8217;s growing collection of Little Free Libraries . Last week Deanna Varble and Ken Braley wrote in to RocSubway and asked me to share a few more they&#8217;ve been working on. I love this grassroots effort to encourage reading. And I&#8217;m happy to share these newest additions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1573,1293,788,114],"tags":[2357,2645,2359,2647,855,3600,2646,1187,2648,2356,2365,2355,53,151,2358],"class_list":["post-8470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rochester-art-culture","category-reader-submitted-stories","category-old-photos-of-rochester-ny","category-rochester_news","tag-books","tag-caroline-street","tag-chris-clemens","tag-deanna-varble","tag-free-stuff","tag-freebies","tag-gregory-street","tag-hudson-avenue","tag-ken-braley","tag-library","tag-little-free-libraries","tag-little-free-library","tag-rochester","tag-rochester-ny","tag-the-curious-and-uncommon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8470"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8483,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8470\/revisions\/8483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}