Year |
Details |
1958 |
Scarborough Public Library Board acquires a site on the east side of Markham Road, just south of Lawrence Avenue. It considers using a house on the property for a temporary library. |
1960 |
Ralph R. Shaw's report, Libraries of Metropolitan Toronto, recommends the building of four regional libraries in Scarborough. |
1961 |
The Library Board approves a five-year plan on 12 January that includes acquiring additional property at the southeast corner of Markham Road and Ring Road (now Greencrest Circuit) in 1961 "to square off this property" and building Scarborough's first regional branch on the site in 1964. |
1965 |
Cedarbrae Regional Library is chosen as the name, the service region is defined and Irving Grossman, Architect is retained 27 May. Purchase of the Geller property for $40,000 is completed, 27 October. Total cost: $668,000. Size: 24,580 square feet. |
1966 |
Construction starts, January; the cornerstone is laid 25 May. The library officially opens 30 November and is opened to the public, 1 December. Irving Grossman Architect. |
1979 |
Scarborough Board of Control purchases property adjacent to Cedarbrae District Library for future expansion. The library board approves staff plans for the extension, 20 September. |
1980 |
Scarborough Historical Collection is transferred here from Bendale branch. Moffat, Moffat and Kinoshita are appointed as architects, 18 November. The firm becomes The Moffat Kinoshita Partnership by 1981. |
1981 |
Tenders are opened on 8 October. Construction begins in November. |
1982 |
The library is closed for interior renovations on 29 November. The upper level is to reopen on 20 December, and the lower level on 3 January, 1983. |
1983 |
The new space is officially opened on 14 April. It includes a two-story extension to the south side of the building to house collections and to provide larger meeting facilities for public programming. The community room is named for Florence Cruickshank who served on the Scarborough Public Library Board from 1974 to 1985. She died on 20 May 2008. |
1989 |
Black and Caribbean Heritage Collection inaugurated. |
1994 |
Weekly service hours reduced from 63.5 to 60, beginning 4 January. |
1998 |
Becomes a branch of the Toronto Public Library with municipal amalgamation, 1 January. |
1999 |
Sunday opening initiated 21 March. |
2002 |
Learning Centre opens. |
2005 |
Cedarbrae Branch is identified in the library's capital budget for a major renovation starting in 2007. |
2006 |
Agreement is made with Makrimichalos Cugini Architects, 7 March. |
2007 |
Hours open per week increased on 8 January from 60 to 62. Public consultation on the renovation is held, 23 January. Preliminary plans are unveiled at the open house 25 October. |
2008 |
Branch closed for renovations 6 October. Makrimichalos Cugini, architects. Rita Cox Black & Caribbean Collection is permanently moved to Malvern Library. |
2009 |
Open house is held to report progress, 17 June. |
2010 |
New hours approved as of 4 January. Hours open per week increased from 62 to 65.5. Branch reopened 6 December. Cedarbrae Branch history panel (PDF). |