“SLCPL has established itself as the center of town, the community gathering place. The city block it occupies, now called Library Square, is where ‘citizens practice democracy,’ say library staffers. Of course, it serves as the ‘cultural warehouse’ for Salt Lake City and Utah, as Safdie said, though he quickly added that it was also ‘a community of readers, a place where people interact with the material and each other.’” – from “Where Democracy Happens – Library of the Year,” by John N. Berry III, Library Journal