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Saturday, January 10, 2009
Our Library Opens Today!
We’ve only been waiting EIGHT years to get a library near us, and in just 7.5 hours, our library dream comes true. There aren’t any good pictures online of it yet, so we’ll have to take a camera. The place is huge and it looks like a shopping center. It’s a big box with gigantic windows.
CENTENNIAL HILLS LIBRARY 6711 N. Buffalo Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89131 Date opened: Opening January 10, 2009 Architect: JMA Architecture Studios Interior square feet: Library: 32,431; Operations Center: 13,124 Parcel size: 7 acres Parking spaces: 248 total: 9 ADA, 20 hybrid (cool, hybrid parking spaces!)
About the Library: The new 32,431 SF Centennial Hills Library is located on a seven-acre site at N. Buffalo Drive at the intersection of Deer Springs Way, on a campus that includes the Centennial Hills Park and the Centennial Hills Community Center. This state-of-the-art library offers a collection of books, music, movies and other resources for adults and children of all ages, as well as a computer lab for adults, a Homework Help Center and adjoining computer lab for kids, an art gallery, storyroom and used bookstore/café. It has been designed to achieve a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold certification, meaning it is constructed to reduce negative environmental impacts and improve occupant health and well-being. It also offers free wireless Internet access (Wi-Fi). Meeting Rooms: Multipurpose room, Storytime room, gallery, Used Bookstore/Café (so that means it’ll smell good!)
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Yippee!! I love the fact that I am at the library 2-3 times a week for tutoring. I have time for browsing between students or afterwards and I’ve found so many fun books I never would have dreamed of.
Kate on 01/10 at 02:34 PM -
Libraries are the best invention ever! And yours sounds like library paradise.
Laurie on 01/13 at 09:34 AM -
How exciting! I bet it will be beautiful, all brand new and hoping to make a good impression.
Nancy on 01/14 at 09:14 PM -
w00t! At least it sounds like it’s worth the wait - congrats! The used bookstore part is downright dangerous! Are the park and community center on campus decent too?
Marina on 02/02 at 12:07 AM
