Three weeks, I have been in Vancouver for three weeks. Long time? Could be, but for me, it is not long enough to explore this city. There are only a few places that I have been to, but Vancouver Public Library is the place stood out the most for me.
The first time I went to the Vancouver Public Library was on the third day of orientation at Columbia College, or, my second day in Vancouver. Appear in front of me, a large colossal structure resemblance The Colosseum in Rome. It was built by an Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie.
The reason why it was built to resemblance the Rome Colosseum? The Colosseum is associated with power, strength. And the Vancouver Public Library by imitating the Colosseum may link the books, or knowledge to the power, the strength. It reminds me of a famous saying of the famous Soviet leader Lenin: “He who has the knowledge, he who has the power.”
I have been there for about 5 times to study. Every time I go there, it gives me a kind of different feeling. Socializing, calmness, peaceful, amazement, goodness…. The place I like the most perhaps are the 8th and 9th floors. That is where the garden and the study place, where you can talk freely without being reminded that this is a library.
Every time I go there, I feel a little bit smarter. The view from the library is so nice that sometime I forget that I have a homework to do.
So, that’s it. The most fascinating place I ever been to.
James
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