“The library, designed by architects Field Paoli at a cost of $6.5 million, includes the city’s Tool Lending Library. It is significantly larger than the old library building and energy efficient. Supporters, library-goers and Berkeley government officials turned out in force to mark the occasion.”

Continue reading “Berkeley Public Library South Branch: The opening,” by Tracey Taylor, Berkeleyside, May 13, 2013.

More photos by Richard Friedman in his gallery: South Branch Berkeley Public Library Re-Opening