The public is invited to see the updated design of the expansion of the Douglass-Truth Branch from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27 at the Douglass-Truth Branch, 2300 E. Yesler Way. For more information, contact Frank Coulter, Library project manager, at (206) 615-1621, or frank.coulter@spl.org.
Coulter and designers from Schacht/Aslani Architects will be on hand to explain the design for the 6,992-square-foot expansion. Library patrons may stop by any time during the open house to view the design, ask questions and fill out comment forms.
Plans call for the expanded library to be 15,000 square feet. The 8,008-square-foot Douglass-Truth Branch opened in 1914. Seattle's Landmarks Preservation Board voted in November 2001 to designate the library as a landmark building.
The $3.5 million expansion project will feature an updated collection of books and materials, enhanced display for the African-American Collection, a new children's area, more seating and computers, larger and more efficient staff work areas, upgraded electrical, mechanical and ventilation systems, and energy efficient windows. The expansion is scheduled to be finished in 2004.
The project is part of the $196.4 million "Libraries for All" bond measure that Seattle voters passed in 1998. The plan calls for improving or replacing all 22 branches, building five new branches and building a new central library.
To date, the Library has completed the NewHolly, Wallingford and Delridge branches. The new Central Library and the Capitol Hill Branch are currently under construction and planning and design is underway for more than a dozen other branches.
The Seattle Public Library Foundation is in the midst of a "Campaign for Seattle's Public Libraries" with the goal of raising $77.5 million from private sources to enhance the public bond commitment. Every dollar raised will ensure the library system reflects our community's needs in buildings, books, technology and people, long into the future. For more information about "Libraries for All" or the Foundation, visit the Library's Web site at www.spl.org.
(For more information, call Caroline Young Ullmann, communications assistant, at 206-615-1627.)
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