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Cedarbrae Branch to Close for Major Renovation
Extensive upgrades planned for 42 year old Scarborough library
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
On Sunday October 5, 2008 at 5 p.m., Cedarbrae Branch will close for a major renovation. Scheduled for completion in 2010, renovation to the 26,200 square foot library will:
- 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.
During the Cedarbrae Branch renovation, hours at the nearby Bendale Branch (1515 Danforth Road) will be extended to 65.5 hours per week. Seasonal Sunday service (1:30 to 5 p.m.) will also be added to Bendale Branch until Cedarbrae’s renovation is complete.
Toronto Public Library’s Bookmobile will stop weekly Thursdays 11:30 am to 12:30 pm (beginning October 16) in the parking lot of the Cedarbrae Branch. The community can also visit one of several other nearby branches, return books at any Toronto Public Library branch and pick up holds at Bendale Branch or any other Toronto Public Library branch.
The Rita Cox Black and Caribbean Heritage Collection will move to Malvern Branch (30 Sewells Road) after the renovation closure.
Architect for Relocation and Expansion:
- Makrimichalos Cugini Architects
Toronto Public Library is the world's busiest urban public library system. Every year, more than 16 million people visit our 99 branches and borrow more than 29 million items. To learn more about Toronto Public Library, visit www.torontopubliclibrary.ca or call Answerline at 416-393-7131.
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Media Contact :
Edward Karek, Communications Officer (416) 397-5925
ekarek@torontopubliclibrary.ca
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