Columbus Metropolitan Library: Franklinton Branch — Attraction in Columbus

Wonderful and knowledgeable staff to help both kids and staff. I wish this library could get more funding as it is pretty busy and needs room to grow. Or --instead of so many "mega- libraries" that are awesome developing I see downtown and in some suberbs, maybe keep some like Franklinton and ADD MORE SUCH NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARIES WITH STAFF WHO MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO WALK TO WORK. Having giant libraries of so much glass, steel and high tech looks I think is LESS likely to draw in people who don't read or even sadder, those afraid to learn computer useages. Also more neighborhood libraries makes it more likelymore people can GET to a library walking. A growing percent of people whose incomes do not up with inflation cannot drive for now --especially those who are very young, very old, cannot afford a car, saving for a home or better apt. or newly arrived from elsewhere in US or world, or are by default, single parents. I THINK you are more likely if using a wheelchair or likely to walk your kids 4-6 blocks to a cozy library than to load up a car as often & take time to drive farther out to a mega library, unless there is an urgent reason. 1 in 5 Americans has a disability; more than ever before. This percent will grow! Modern medicine for example saves over 70 percent of soldiers nowdays, including many with double amputations & severe head injuries. Few expect to live out their years in the VA, a nursing home or mostly in the back room at a relative's place. In WW ll, 70 percent of wounded soldiers died ON the battlefield or within a year. Becoming a nurse during Vietnam years, I still saw many severely injured vets, everyday accident survivilors & children with severe disabilities living far shorter, & more isolated lives than the general US populace, unless you had incredible family resources & support. My childhood & even college peers with diabetes usually died by early or mid adulthood. With change from urine to blood sugar tests, better diet & exercise & better insulin dosing & 24/ 7 pumps, kids with diabetes Now expect a full life. They are more likely to have several surviving children who may inherit a genetic tendency to diabetes. Plus with more nondiabetic adults being obese we see a GROWING percent of people Adult onset diabetes, some of whom will live long lives but also be more likely to develop low vision, amputations, strokes & heart disease. People who died in childhood of cerebral palsy in childhood now live to old age. Premie babies who not long ago died are now saved. Some will have disabilities. ALTHOUGH many people with disabilities achieve self supporting jobs & cars; many who would love to do not. Census and lots of other data shows these percents have NOT greatly improved.And we have a tsumami of baby boomers who work longer but may earn less and will not stay healthy forever. In summary, let us not forget the many people who may want to but are less likely to have energy, funds or public transport to make an 8 mile round trip to a bigger library. Please continue to build MORE neighborhood libraries seniors, kids and just people who have to or WANT to walk to can get to. Otherwise, there will be pretty much the same # of libraries just getting bigger & moving to less densely populated areas so they can have vast parking lots & space. More neighborhood libraries help reduce loneliness that frequently haunts kids, teens, people of any age new to an area & seniors. Nearby LIBARIES offer jobs, a free commute are for the unemployed to walk to job hunt $ aspiring students to get to.walk to after school. Some wiil play compute games, but are less likely to join a gang. Surrounded by local staff who often know their names, their parents' names, & by books that might spark an interest & offer a safe place with free technology to do homework is good!, Andrew Carnegie's dream of libraries nearby to offer knowledge (& now technology access) to all regardless of economic status or age -...

I attended a meeting on 9-9-2023 at the Franklinton Branch Library at 1061 W. Town St. in the "Franklinton" neighborhood of Columbus.

Humanist Community of Central Ohio [HCCO] has met each month for the past several years at the Parsons Branch Library but that branch had not been available on 9-9-2023 so we had met instead at the Franklinton Branch Library.

There had been a home OSU football game on 9-9-2023 while several important central Ohio freeways [both I-70 and Ohio Route 315] had been closed which had meant that travel to and from the Franklinton Branch Library had been a challenge for some.

I had been able to easily travel to and from the Franklinton Branch Library via one COTA bus – rather than via two COTA buses that are always required to travel to and from the Parsons Branch Library -- even though my travel to and from the Franklinton Branch Library had been during a home football game.

The entire Franklinton Branch Library is on the second floor of their building. This is because of the Great Flood of 1913 that had greatly impacted Columbus.

That library had been built on the flood plain of the Scioto River [because that is where Franklinton is located]; however, all of their books, because they are on the second floor of the library, are above the potential "high water level" of that neighborhood.

While the Franklinton Branch Library had been a great location for the 9-9-2023 HCCO meeting, that library had been built in 1994 and definitely needs more space.

Hopefully, the Columbus Metropolitan Library will decide to expand or rebuild that library in the...

I would give it one star. I'm only giving it two because it's local. I've been here many times and they have a kid section and are always complaining to me. And wanting for us to leave. FYI it's always the security guard there. By far the worst place libraries need to understand that children or rather babies to 5 Year old really don't know how to control their volume. Lol they even took the toy from us. If he had complained about me being on the phone. I wouldn't be writing this. Unfortunately he was talking about my child who I was trying to telling her use inside voice. Furthermore I feel they single me out every time and I've been there when they've had teenagers who were loud. Which is no problem to me children are just that children. They serves an area where homeless frequent. I never felt welcome here. Worst library every. Downtown is the best. And it shouldn't matter if your a small library. Children not all they are loud no matter what a parent does. Thank you BTY I was only there to charge my phone because my power went out waiting for it to be restored. I just felt...