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City Library/Civic Centre
Happy Anniversary City Library!
The North Vancouver City Library celebrated its first anniversary on Sunday, September 20. A landmark building located in the heart of the City, the library has quickly become one of the City's most popular gathering places, welcoming a steady stream of visitors and garnering praise for its distinctive design, sustainable features and impressive library collection. Since opening its doors one year ago, statistics show the City Library has welcomed 12,853 new members, circulated over 1 million items, answered 128,938 inquiries and greeted 618,958 visitors.
The Heart of the City
Located in what is considered 'the heart of the City', the new North Vancouver City Library encompasses three levels of public space totalling 36,000 square feet. More than twice the size of the old library, the new state-of-the-art facility features an expanded collection of 150,000 library items, including DVDs, CDs and games.
The adjoining Civic Plaza offers free wireless internet connectivity for the public and a unique and welcoming gathering place for the community. Featuring a wireless café terrace, market promenade and amphitheatre, the plaza provides easy access to the new library, City Hall, Lonsdale Avenue and the Central Lonsdale neighbourhood.
Green and Gold Standards
The new library is one of the City's newest green buildings. Designed by world renowned architect, Jack Diamond and Diamond + Schmitt Architects Inc. in a joint venture with CEI Architecture, the North Vancouver City Library was constructed to a minimum LEED Silver standard. The City aims to achieve a LEED Gold standard in the near future.
The library also represents a first for the award winning Lonsdale Energy Corporation: it is the first facility in Central Lonsdale to enjoy high efficiency district energy service using rooftop solar panels to generate alternative energy.
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