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Boston Public Library Press Release News and Events |
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NEARS COMPLETION AT BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY’S CONNOLLY BRANCH September 17, 2004 Construction work at the Connolly Branch of the Boston Public Library is substantially complete with a few remaining items to be realized. Renovation work, which will bring a new handicapped access ramp and elevator as well as repairs to the roof and decorative plaster, has been underway for several months. Plans are taking shape for a thorough cleaning before re-opening the branch to the staff and public. The Boston Public Library expects to announce a date for the re-opening in the near future. The
Connolly branch, a 72-year-old Jacobean-style building, is located
at 433 Centre Street in Jamaica Plain. The closing allowed contractors
to complete the work efficiently, while customers of the BPL’s
Connolly branch had their choice of 26 other neighborhood branches
to use. For more than 150 years, the Boston Public Library has pioneered public library service in America with revolutionary ideas and famous firsts. Established in 1848, the BPL was the first publicly supported municipal library in America, the first public library to lend books, the first to have a branch library and the first to have a children’s room. Today, the BPL boasts 27 neighborhood branches, free Internet access, two unique restaurants, an award-winning website www.bpl.org and an on-line store featuring reproductions of the BPL’s priceless photographs and artwork. Each year, the BPL hosts nearly 5000 programs, answers more than one million reference questions and serves millions of people in its National Historic Landmark McKim Building in Copley Square. All of its programs and exhibits are free and open to the public. At the Boston Public Library, books are just the beginning! -30- Prepared by the Boston Public Library's Communications Office. For more information about news, programs and events at the BPL, call 617-859-2212 or send a message to the Communications Office. |
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