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Article: Nancy Tessman: revitalization chief. (People ).(Biography)
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- Utah Business
- Article date:
- June 1, 2003
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WHERE CENTURIES of thought meet racks of pop culture. Where cacophonous conversation shatters long-revered silence. Where five stories of glass illuminate thousands of books, and transparent elevators accent brick, concrete and steel. Unconventional, wide-eyed, daring, this is the new main Salt Lake City Public Library, and director Nancy Tessman is the visionary behind it.
As the head of the Salt Lake City Public Library System, Nancy Tessman has been the catalyst for the multimillion-dollar reinvention of downtown's new main branch. But more than a stunning architectural feat -- a welcome challenge to Salt Lake's sedate cityscape -- the new library is a ...