Then & Now, #3: Albin O. Kuhn Library & Plaza, 1974 & 2016

by David Hoffman and Craig Berger

The photos below were taken from the same spot 42 years apart, though the Abin O. Library has changed so much that you may have trouble believing it's true. In the intervening years, the addition of the Library's tower and atrium have brought a portion of the exterior of the Library indoors. See below for some proof.

Albin O. Kuhn Library, 1974 ((source: Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery Digital Collections)

Albin O. Kuhn Library, 2016, from the same location.

You can see evidence of the 1974 exterior being brought indoors in the photo of the entrance to the Retriever Learning Center, below (or by walking into the Library's atrium and taking a good look around). The short, concrete hallway leading to the Retriever Learning Center is visible in the exact center of the 1974 photo above.