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AKA: Seattle Public Library, Southwest Branch, Seattle, WA
Structure Type: built works - social and civic buildings - libraries
Designers: Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen (OSKA) (firm); Scott Allen (architect); Thomas Walter Kundig (architect); Sheri Olson (architect); Richard Paul Sundberg (architect)
Dates: constructed 1961
The SPL Southwest Branch was dedicated in 06/1961.
The library was enlarged from 8,213-square-feet to 15,000-square-feet in 2005-2006; it closed for renovation 8/6/2005; it was the 22nd of 27 projects funded by $196.4 million Library for All Bond Measure of 1998. The renovation of the Southwest Branch cost $6.25 million. The renovation nearly doubled space to 15,000 square feet, and financed the addition of 19 new computers to make a total of 32.
PCAD id: 4890
