Thursday, July 10, 2008

Study: New library facility should be built in downtown Appleton

Link to July 10 Appleton Post Crescent article.

Excerpt:
A commissioned study released Thursday by the Library Board and City of Appleton proposes a new 138,000-square-foot library facility be constructed in the downtown area, replacing the existing Appleton Public Library.

In its final report, Durrant architects and Himmel & Wilson consultants, told the Appleton Public Library Board of Trustees that based on results of their extensive library facilities study, the new facility is needed
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Executive summary and final report are found here.

History of the Appleton Public Library is found here.

The Appleton Public Library still operated out of the building shown above when I moved to Wisconsin in 1978. The current facility opened in 1981.


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