Building a New Ballard Branch
Information for Architects, Consultants, Contractors & Bidders
Libraries for All
Capital Program Office:
capital.program@spl.org
1000 Fourth Ave.
Seattle, WA 98104
206-386-4624
The Libraries for All Web site links to the voter-approved 1998 capital plan and provides information on the entire building program of The Seattle Public Library. Meeting announcements and other project news about the Ballard Branch are posted regularly on this Web page.
Status Report
Ballard Branch Status Report (Revised: 10/18/06)
Project News
New
Ballard Branch and Neighborhood Service Center
open May 14 (04/27/05)
Existing Ballard Branch closes a chapter: Doors
to close April 10, 2005 so new building can
open May 14 (03/16/05)
Construction Phase
Photo
Gallery (11/01/04)
Construction
to begin on the new Ballard Branch and Neighborhood
Service Center (01/30/04)
Ballard
Branch/Neighborhood Service Center Bid Results
(12/10/03)
The Seattle Public Library seeks contractor
to build the new Ballard Branch and Neighborhood
Service Center (10/31/03)
Call
for bids: Construction. Due Thursday, Dec.
4, 2003 (10/31/03)
Design Information, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Ballard,
Beacon Hill branches honored for design excellence
(12/10/03)
Branch renderings
(Posted:12/17/03)
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson is working with the
Lighting
Design Lab to test light conditions for
the new Ballard Branch (Posted: 03/12/03)
Design images
(Posted: 05/16/03)
Community Meetings
Ballard
Branch design update meeting recap (04/03/03)
Public
invited to March 18 design update for the new
Ballard Branch and Neighborhood Service Center
(Posted: 02/18/03)
May 2 schematic
design meeting recap (05/02/02)
History:
Community Meetings
Comment Form
Comment on the new Ballard Branch
Architect Selection
Library
Board selects Bohlin Cywinski Jackson (03/28/00)
History:
Architect Selection
Site Selection
U.S.
Bank opts out of mixed-use library project in
Ballard (07/24/02)
Seattle Public Library and U.S. Bank agree on
site; design work to begin on new Ballard branch
(09/27/01)
History:
Site Selection
Artist Selection
Landmarks Preservation
Ballard
Library not designated as landmark (02/08/01)
Landmarks
Preservation Board Process (01/012/01)
Co-location Agreements
Library/ Neighborhood Service Center Co-location Memorandum of Agreement (11/10/00)
History: Architect Selection
Community
invited to meet potential architects on March 16
Ballard
Architect Finalists (02/22/00)
9 Architects
Short-Listed (02/03/00)
Architect/Engineer
Selection Process, 2nd Advertisement (12/15/99)
History: Community Meetings
Public
invited to May 2 presentation on the design of the new Ballard Library
and Neighborhood Service Center (04/17/02)
June
4 community meeting recap (06/28/01)
Public
invited to share hopes and dreams for the new Ballard Library and Neighborhood
Service Center (05/17/01)
History: Site Selection
Board
favors U.S. Bank site for new Ballard Library (09/27/00)
Board reduces site
possibilities...to three (11/23/99)
Sites list to
be narrowed at Nov. 23 Library Board meeting (11/17/99)
Factors in siting
the Ballard Library Includes Map. (11/18/99)
Summary
of comments received by 11/16 (11/18/99)
Oct. 21 Ballard
Community Meeting Recap
Content modified: 18 October 2006
10/18/2006
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