Cedarbrae Branch Renovation and Expansion Project
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Cedarbrae Branch Closed for Major Renovation
| On Sunday October 5, 2008 at 5 p.m., Cedarbrae Branch closed for a major renovation. Scheduled for completion in 2010, renovation to the 26, 200 square foot library will: |
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Makrimichalos Cugini Architects |
- Redesign all interior spaces.
- Enhance the branch's street presence with a new street level entrance.
- Provide complete barrier-free access to all areas of the building, including the front entrance, all collections and lounge areas, meeting rooms, staff areas and public washrooms.
- Revamp the auditorium and all the public meeting and program spaces.
- Add new reading lounges for adults, teens and children.
- Add new quiet study rooms.
- Add a new Teen Zone.
- Create separate and unique spaces for multilingual and local history collections.
- Add KidsStop, an interactive early literacy centre, where children and their parents and caregivers can engage in hands-on activities that build important pre-literacy skills.
- Expand the Le@rning Centre featuring 15 computers, and increase the total number of computers throughout the building to 64.
- Add specially designed outdoor spaces for reading, relaxing and interacting.
- Add wireless internet access.
- Add express check out and returns.
If Cedarbrae is your home branch, your holds will be sent to Bendale Branch for pickup unless you edit your holds
to choose a different pickup location.
Other nearby branches:
Morningside
Malvern
Weekly bookmobile service to Cedarbrae begins Thursday, October 16, 2008.
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