Overruns stall start of black history library

摘要

Eight months after the October 1999 groundbreaking for a new African-American Research Library and Cultural Center, Broward County (Fla.) Library administrators were still waiting in early May for the county commission to okay the architectural plans. Shortly after African-themed ceremonies consecrating the building site (AL, Dec. 1999, p. 16), county officials discovered structural design problems with plans for the roof and building support that had "the potential to be life-threatening," Steve Hammond, who is coordinating the project for the county, said in the April 30 Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. Additional architects brought in to rectify the design indicated that the facility could cost as much as