Another building on the former Schlumberger property in Ridgefield is on the chopping block. This time it’s the library.
A special town meeting Wednesday night unanimously voted on the resolution to demolish the former library building. The town, as per previous Board of Finance approval, authorized the issuance of $221,000 in bonds to meet the cost of the leveling.
Since a proposed deal to sell a 12-acre parcel to a local art collector for $3.4 million was voted down in November, the town is left with the four buildings on the plot – the Philip Johnson, with an abutting auditorium, the sky dome and the library.
And after Sky Dome LLC fell out of the running for the land, “there is no other interest in the library building,” according to First Selectman Rudy Marconi.
“It’s beginning to deteriorate,” Marconi said. “The roof is leaking, the ceiling is stained, the carpet’s stained. We’re going to have to put money into it, and there’s no desire for that. So the decision was made to go forward with the razing of that building.”