Biblio Treka, Chicago. The Chicago Mobile Library was stolen. We are used to classic bicycle thefts. But who would ever steal a bicycle, which is actually a miniature library, and which cannot be used to drive along any city street? The US authorities and the owners of the library are incredulous at the incident.
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La mobile library di Chicago it was stolen. We are used to classic bicycle thefts. But who would ever steal one bicycle which is actually one miniature library, and which cannot be used to circulate normally along the city streets? The US authorities and the owners of the library are incredulous at the incident.
Il theft of books it deprives citizens of the possibility of free access to the cultural resources that are normally available to them. Biblio Treka was allegedly stolen between last Saturday and last Sunday, during the night. The singular means of transport is used to collect the volumes that tell the story local history of Chicago.
It is a set of small publications, booklets and short-run magazines, which anon-profit association of the city has decided to make it available to citizens thanks to a circulating library. The owners of Biblio Treka hope that the perpetrators of the theft can return it as soon as possible.
Neil Taylor, the director of the association, is very fond of Biblio Treka, so much so having decided to offer a fee of 100 dollars to those who will be able to find it and deliver it to the owners. A phone number to call to make any reports.
Biblio Treka is used by the leaders of the association Read / Write to promote the dissemination of culture in Chicago, through ecological travel on three wheels from one neighborhood to another. Attention is paid mainly to the voices of authors of the city, which can as well broaden your audience.
The association had started using Biblio Treka about six months ago. The original means of transportation had been loaned to her by the Chicago-based author and publisher Gabriel Levinson. Previously, Levinson himself had taken care of touring the city parks aboard the mobile library, distributing books for free to all those who wanted to read them.
On the occasion of his transfer, which took place about a year ago, he decided to grant Biblio Treka on loan to the association in question, so that the circulation and dissemination of books and culture could continue even in his absence. The hope is that Biblio Treka will come returned as soon as possible with all the books that were inside it.
Marta Albè
Photo source: redeyechicago.com
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