June 4, 2013
On Thursday May 30th, Mayor Lee Leffingwell and officials with the Austin Public Library system broke ground on what will become the new Austin Central Public Library on the banks of Shoal Creek and the Colorado River in downtown Austin. The project stems from a bond package which was approved in the year 2006, which will allocate $90,000,000.00 for the construction of the state-of-the-art library. According to KVUE News, the structure will be a five story 200,000 square feet building and will feature large windows, its own self-contained rain irrigation system and enlarged reading rooms and event spaces. The fate of the current central library at Guadalupe Street and Ninth Street, the John Henry Faulk branch built in 1979, remains unknown. The library will be set to open reportedly sometime in spring 2016.
http://www.kvue.com/news/editors-pick/New-downtown-Austin-library-breaking-ground-209480921.html?google_editors_picks=true
http://www.myfoxaustin.com/story/22220530/new-central-library-groundbreaking-set-for-may-30
http://austintexas.gov/news/city-break-ground-new-central-library-shoal-creek-area-project
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