The people behind the Ann Arbor District Library are promising that the new downtown branch will be bigger and better than the 50-year-old structure there now.
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The face of the intersection of South Fifth Avenue and East William Street has changed dramatically within the last year with the demolition of the old YMCA. It promises to change even more soon as plans are announced to raze the Ann Arbor District Library's downtown branch and build a new one in its place.
Gone will be the modern, red-brick structure that first opened its doors in 1957. Coming is a new 4-story building that will be 47 percent larger. Inside its 160,000 square feet will be a 400-seat auditorium and more space for kids, teens, studying, exhibits, meetings and of course, reading.
"We need more space," says Josie Parker, director of the Ann Arbor District Library. "We need a bigger library."
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