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Millbrook Press

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Copyright © 2007 by Jennifer Vogel

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Vogel, Jennifer.

A library story: building a new central library / by Jennifer Vogel.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978–0–8225–5916–0 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 0–8225–5916–1 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

1. Library buildings—Minnesota—Minneapolis—Design and

construction—Juvenile literature. 2. Public libraries—Minnesota—Minneapolis—Juvenile

literature. 3. New Central Library (Minneapolis, Minn.)—Juvenile literature. I.Title.

Z679.2.U54V64 2007

727'.8'09776579—dc22 2005023742

Manufactured in the United States of America

1 2 3 4 5 6 – DP – 12 11 10 09 08 07

FOR LOGAN, my smarty-pants niece

The publisher wishes to thank: Kit Hadley, Bo Spurrier, Marcelyn Sletten, Terrance Roy Jr.,

Barbara Johnson, Sara Goodnough, Nina Ebbighausen, Jane Boss, Mary Kramer, Frank

Hurley, Linda Loven, Natalie Hart, JoEllen Haugo, Charles Gimon, Walter Gegner, Karen

Louise Boothe, Sally Westby, Colin Hamilton, Cesar Pelli, Bill Butler, Aicha Woods, Elijah Huge,

Mig Halpine. . . and everyone else at the Minneapolis Public Library, the City of Minneapolis,

and Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, who so generously contributed to the making of this book.

eISBN-10: 0-8225-7260-5

eISBN-13: 978-0-8225-7260-2