During the 1950s, the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Library relocated its main building from the west side of Vine Street between Sixth and Seventh streets to its current location at the corner of Eighth and Vine streets. Noted local architect Woodie Garber designed the new Main Library, which would be recognized for its contemporary design and use of open space.
Now Library customers have the chance to learn more about the man behind the cornerstone of Cincinnati’s library system when his daughter, Elizabeth W. Garber, discusses and signs her book, Implosion: A Memoir of an Architect’s Daughter, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 27, at the Main Library.
A published poet and acupuncturist who lives in Maine, Garber spent her teens in Glendale living in a modern glass house designed by her father. Her memoir details how her family was caught in a collision between modern architecture, radical social change, and madness in the turbulent 1960s and 1970s in Cincinnati.
There is a slideshow presentation of Woodie Garber’s work. Copies of Implosion are available for purchase. This event is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Public Library. For more information, call 513-369-6900 or visit www.CincinnatiLibrary.org.
