Since the opening day at the end of May 2004 I've been an architectural tour guide and docent at the Seattle Central Public Library. This Seattle landmark was designed by the brother of an old friend, the artist Thomas Koolhaas. If that notion alone didn't make me feel right at home in Rem Koolhaas's landmark design, the steep narrow escalator leading from the fifth to the tenth floor reminded me of the ship ladder stairs I climbed to the walk-up in my old hometown Amsterdam. But there is of course much more to like "at Central". Being a library it's one of my homes away from home and as such one of the most amazing ones on my list. That's why I call myself OMA Fan in Seattle
