The city’s main library opened in 2005. It cost one hundred million dollars, and is the largest public library in the state of Florida. I made this photograph from a side street. In the background is the entrance to Hemming Plaza, the first and oldest park in the city. Many unemployed and homeless people congregate around this park and library. The people in this photograph could be among them. It may be a pleasant and pastoral scene, yet it can’t mask the social problems that are present in most, if not all, urban downtown areas.