点评:We came here on a Sunday to visit the Courtyard Tea Room for their Sunday Brunch Tea. They don’t open until 11AM, which is fine, but it was pouring and windy due to the Nor’easter that was occurring and perhaps in that situation, they should open slightly early to allow those with reservations access to wait inside. Only other gripe – The amount of homeless people walking through, using the restroom to dry off, etc was ridiculous. I get this is a liberal city, but there are many tourists from all over the world and they shouldn’t be subjected to the dirty restrooms, those shaking their wet trash bags onto others, etc. There was security up front where you enter, they should monitor a little better.
Aside from those issues – The library’s architecture was beautiful! Spacious and grand with lots of mosaic and beautiful stone, like marble work throughout. It’s a very nice building with a gorgeous courtyard worth visiting when the weather is nice.
翻译:我们在一个周日来到这里,打算体验Courtyard Tea Room的周日早午餐茶会。他们上午11点才开门,这倒也无可厚非。不过当时正刮着强风、下着暴雨,由于有东北风暴来袭,或许在这种情况下他们应该稍微提前开门,好让已预订座位的顾客能在室内等候。唯一其他的不满之处就是:有大量无家可归的人进出,甚至用洗手间来擦干身体等等,这种情况实在离谱。我知道这是一座自由派城市。不过,那里有很多来自世界各地的游客,他们不应被迫使用脏乱不堪的卫生间,也不应遭遇有人把湿垃圾袋里的垃圾倒到别人身上的情况。入口处虽然有保安,但他们应该加强监管才对。
抛开这些问题不谈——这座图书馆的建筑风格真是美极了!空间宽敞大气,到处都有马赛克装饰和精美的石雕,比如大理石制品。这是一座非常漂亮的建筑,天气好的时候,其漂亮的庭院也值得一去。