Credit: Engberg Anderson
East Library to close current location for rebuilding. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6/16/2013)
Excerpt: When the library closes for the last time in its current form on Saturday, it will have served the east side for 45 years. The one-story, 13,800-square-foot library has long been in need of repairs, said the library's regional branch manager, Rachel Collins.
Two years ago, that need led the city to consider a slew of reconstruction proposals from real estate developers intent on capitalizing on what Collins called a "prime piece of real estate." One Waukesha-based developer, HSI Properties LLC, ultimately won out with a proposal for a four-story building with 99 apartments situated above a new, 17,000-square-foot library. The multiuse design will see the new library reconstructed at no cost to the city. Interior design for the new space will cost the city roughly $2.75 million.
The new space, set to open in fall 2014, will boast
- two state-of-the-art meeting rooms furnished with translucent glass,
- a revamped space for children,
- a new laptop vending machine and
- a designated teen space, an amenity the current facility lacks.
Credit: Milwaukee Public Library
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