The Book Booth, the smallest library in America!1

On September 3rd, "America's littlest library" - a library based inside a British telephone booth - officially opened in Clinton Corners, NY. It's 3’x3’x8’ and fits two people at a time, if they don't mind getting cozy. How did you come up with the idea? I read the BBC news every morning and this little story caught my eye back in the fall of ’09: A small village in Somerset village of Westbury-sub-Mendip participated in a challenge of what to do with an old phone box.... How many people can fit in the booth at one time? Five desperate LA housewives or two fat and happy country wives (present company included in that last part: Terry and I were in the booth at the same time and there was additional room for oh, I’d say… air.) What are your future plans for the booth? Will it be open during the winter? One fun thing is, I haven’t told the Library board yet, so this will be a surprise for them…I'd like to dress up the Book Booth for Halloween, I won’t give it away completely, but if there are any Dr. Who fans in the Hudson Valley area they may be in for a treat! And yes, we are open 365 days a year and 24 hours a day. We've installed a solar panel on the roof and the lighting fixture is a motion sensor light. So as soon as someone walks in the booth at night, the light comes on. It really is beautiful at night, part Hopperesque in its lighting effect and part 'book vending machine'. A soft downward light, fixed on the book shelves. No electricity, no plumbing, books are readcycled, solar energy for light… everything about this booth is green, except the color. YOU can read the full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/12/smallest-library-america_n_959211.html