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Downtown Construction Update: Downtown Library Opens on Saturday, June 13

by aadl-news

The Downtown Library will reopen on Saturday, June 13, at 9:00 AM. Access will remain limited to the north, and we strongly caution pedestrians to not walk in traffic on Fifth Avenue. We are midpoint in the construction process for the work on the front of the building. There is still a lot of demolition work to be done, so the noise and dust are with us for a few more weeks.

We took advantage of the necessary closure to have new carpeting installed in the Children's Room and on the Third Floor. We also moved many collections to different floors so that room for expansion in most collections is now possible. Maps will be posted at each floor and available at all service desks. No collections were reduced in size or eliminated. Please ask us if you cannot find what you are looking for on Saturday.

Until Saturday,

Josie

Comments

Submitted by Nancianna Girbach on Thu, 06/11/2015 - 9:17am

Will the Downtown Holds that were moved to Traverwood be moved back to Downtown? THANKS!

Submitted by FionaNgai on Fri, 06/12/2015 - 9:29am

YAY

Submitted by Kikumatsu97 on Fri, 06/12/2015 - 9:35am

No doubt we'll all be bustling through the doors! Sounds like the perfect day to walk into town and grab a few Summer Games points!

Submitted by jgetty on Fri, 06/12/2015 - 9:48am

Thank you for the improvements! I've been watching progress from bus station. Looks great, and can wait to open those hopefully lighter doors at entrance - yay! Also, can't wait to see the new changes inside library, all sounds great!

Submitted by tbbrown76@yahoo.com on Fri, 06/12/2015 - 10:00am

Thanks for the update. Looks like we will stick with Malletts Creek for a while. Must be a pain to work in all this chaos.

Submitted by drewy234432 on Sat, 06/13/2015 - 12:53pm

Will traffic caused construction ever stop in this town?

Submitted by rsa221 on Sat, 06/13/2015 - 6:37pm

Very excited to see the changes! Thank you for this valuable, beloved community space. So proud of our library.

Submitted by Kaebib on Sun, 06/14/2015 - 6:23am

yea

Submitted by simon novak on Sun, 06/14/2015 - 9:22am

Cool

Submitted by orcomai on Sun, 06/14/2015 - 11:01am

I hope that they put some new landscaping in front of the library! I'm really missing the foliage.

Submitted by KSB2013 on Sun, 06/14/2015 - 2:07pm

Thank goodness -
Just in time for the new summer game codes and library time for our family! Thanks!

Submitted by KSB2013 on Sun, 06/14/2015 - 2:07pm

Thank goodness -
Just in time for the new summer game codes and library time for our family! Thanks!

Submitted by Patrick McLeod on Sun, 06/14/2015 - 3:16pm

Our family really enjoys the Ann Arbor libraries and I look forward to seeing the upgrades to the downtown location.
Keep up the great work.

Submitted by kelseyz on Mon, 06/15/2015 - 11:53am

I so hope the front entrance will be safer after all this! The steps with yellow paint were still hazardous. It's wonderful the library is open again.

Submitted by George H on Thu, 06/25/2015 - 12:38am

Just visited Downtown for the first time since the reopening. Things are moved around a lot! Where did all the space come from? If you didn't reduce the collections, how is there more space and lower stacks?

Submitted by LijunHan on Sat, 06/27/2015 - 11:22am

:D

Submitted by ali-ali on Tue, 06/30/2015 - 10:21am

cool!

Submitted by pyalsino on Thu, 07/07/2016 - 4:03pm

ok

Submitted by pyalsino on Thu, 07/07/2016 - 4:03pm

ok

Submitted by cgerman on Fri, 07/22/2016 - 2:56pm

hooray

Submitted by kokoro morinaga on Fri, 08/12/2016 - 7:13pm

:-)

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