In 2015 the provincial government vacated its upper floor space within the building making the expansion possible.
Vancouver public library floor plan.
The new vancouver community library in vancouver washington designed by the miller hull partnership recently opened to the public.
Prior to this the floors were rented to the province under a 20 year lease.
We have reopened this location children s library level 2 and level 3 for accessing computers borrowing and returning materials and picking up holds.
With an almost 200 foot long four story atrium welcoming.
The retrofits to the top two floors cost 15 5 million funded by a 9 million contribution from the city of vancouver and the remainder from the vancouver public library foundation.
Once the lease came due the library began to plan the design for its public space.
Bounded by homer hamilton robson and georgia streets.
Books ebooks cds dvds newspapers and magazines.
Vancouver public library vpl is the public library system for the city of vancouver british columbia in 2013 vpl had more than 6 9 million visits with patrons borrowing nearly 9 5 million items including.