New Photo app stuck at startup

I have a Mid 2011, 27" iMac. With the recent update to OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 on April 24, 2015, Apple replaced iPhoto in my Dock with the new Photo app (The original iPhoto is still in my Applications folder.). When I opened the new Photo app [Version 1.0 (209.52.0)], it came up with a dialog box suggesting the use of the iCloud Photo Library. I clicked on the "Use iCloud Photo Library" button and found I have too large of a photo library and there would be a cost involved to use it, so I decided to go back and select the "Not now" button. However, that "button" is not (or no longer) a hotspot and does not work. Finding no way out, I thought I'd close and restart Photo, but I get a dialog box that "Photos is creating or opening a library. Cannot quit Photos while it is creating or opening a library."
Suggestions?

I executed a Force Quit on the new Photo app, then restarted it. At the Welcome window, I clicked on the Get Started button and a spinning gear started just below the button. That gear is still spinning two days later. Can I safely Force Quit the Photo app. again? Then what? Can I continue to use the older iPhoto app? Thank-you for any further suggestions.

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