release date: May 15, 2018
Weekday hours at the Queen Anne Branch, 400 W. Garfield St., 206-386-4227, will be temporarily reduced for about a month while a leaking skylight above the computer area is replaced. Work involves scaffolding and heavy equipment and people can’t be safely inside the branch while contractors are working overhead.
Open hours will be:
If the new hours are not convenient, patrons may use a nearby branch:
Other impacts include:
We expect the skylight work to be finished in late June.
The work is part of several construction projects that began in April to replace the skylight, rebuild the worn chimney, clean and repair the slate roof, and re-landscape areas affected by the construction.
In late June through August there will be noisy exterior construction work such as jackhammering and limited access to the lawn during roof repair and landscaping.
All work is expected to be completed by the end of the summer.