-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: use of cartographic materials in a coffee shop] Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 08:56:58 -0500 From: David Cobb <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ Janet - For those interested there is a "map cafe" at the Boston Public Library: www.bpl.org/general/restaurants.htm They have incorporated many maps (assuming not from their collections?) into the decor: table tops, wall decorations, etc. David At 05:34 PM 2/17/2004 -0500, you wrote: >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: use of cartographic materials in a coffee shop >Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 14:05:56 -0800 >From: Janet Collins <[log in to unmask]> > > >------------------ >Hi, > >The Huxley Map Library at Western Washington University is one of a few >collections still affiliated with an academic unit and not part of the >main library. > >Adjacent to the Map Library is a coffee shop which will start expansion >and remodeling this summer. The really cool part is that folks involved >in the project would love to have maps integrated into the design in >several ways...the tops of the tables in the seating area and displayed >in several panels at the base of a large expresso bar. Great publicity >for us next door! > >The facility concept ties our campus geography to our regional >geography...landscaping and brickwork outside our building represents >the San Juan Islands, while directly behind our building is Sehome >Hill...our regional geography includes glaciated volcanic mountains to >salt water and the Puget Sound. Emphasis is on the historical "Salish >Sea", but our committee is open to all ideas, including nautical charts, >aerial photographs, contemporary material...anything that students might >be interested in looking at or learning more about... > >Have any of you had opporunity to input into similiar projects or do you >have any ideas on how we might proceed? > >unless there is significant interest, would you please respond to me >directly? Thanks! > > >With appreciation for any assistance, >Janet Collins, Map Librarian and Director >Huxley Map Library >Huxley College of the Environment, WWU > >[log in to unmask] *************************************************************************** David A. Cobb Tel. 617.495.2417 Harvard Map Collection FAX 617.496.0440 Harvard College Library Email: [log in to unmask] Cambridge, MA 02138 HTTP://hcl.harvard.edu/maps ************************** VERITAS ****************************************