Exercise 9 Community Profiles

My local library is the Paddington Library which occupies a ground floor area of the Paddington Town Hall.

Now.  The library is administered by Woollahra Council and is a sub branch of a network of libraries scattered around the eastern suburbs. Here's a link to the council and the library


http://www.woollahra.nsw.gov.au/library/library_locations/paddington_library

(Confusingly,  the City of Sydney Council also lays claim over Paddington Library but it's easier to pretend that this isn't so. To all intents and purposes the library is run by Woollahra Council)

Look at this photo!

You'd never guess that there is a library inside...it's because the building is heritage-listed and nothing from the 20th or 21st century must detract from its Victorian splendour.

Any examination of the community profile should take note that Paddington-Woollahra area is a so-called prestige suburb; in other words the houses are very expensive.  Just last week it was announced that Toni Collette has bought into the street next to mine. Two terraces (recently renovated) joined together as one.  Poor Toni shelled out $6 million for this ppty.  So no doubt she will be forced to do another series of the "United States of Tara" in order to pay the mortgage.  

(Er...just in case anyone gets the wrong idea...I rent my place...half of a terrace)

The Paddington Library's most avid customers belong to two main groups: the very young and seniors.  I've always had the feeling that most residents in Paddington would rather buy a book than borrow one.  

But maybe I'll bump into Toni in the library one day!!