AREA LIBRARIES RENOVATED WITH EXPANSION, FACILITIES GIVE ACCESS TO MANY BOOKS.Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Correspondent Thanks to a $208 million bond approved by voters, the city has rebuilt or renovated 33 libraries citywide, including a dozen branches in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . Funded by Proposition DD, the projects came in under budget, allowing the construction of a new library in Silver Lake and the renovation of others in Exposition Park Exposition Park is the name of more than one place:
``We have much better accessibility and more room for people to sit and read,'' said city Librarian (1) A person who works in the data library and keeps track of the tapes and disks that are stored and logged out for use. Also known as a "file librarian" or "media librarian." See data library. (2) See CA-Librarian. Fontayne Holmes. The Chatsworth Library, 21052 Devonshire St., marks the last of the dozen Valley renovations. The branch opened last November with 13,000 square feet - more than double its original 5,400 square feet when built in 1963. It boasts a large community room, 30 public-access computers, and a courtyard For alternative meanings of the word "court", see: Court (disambiguation). A court or courtyard is an enclosed area, often a space enclosed by a building that is open to the sky. and building that reflect the Old West, stagecoach-stop history with mission-style architecture. The library also has a children's story-telling area, complete with stuffed animals
A stuffed animal is toy animal stuffed with straw, beans, cotton or other similar materials. Some stuffed animals are very old – home made cloth dolls stuffed with straw go back to at least the and a rocking chair. ``Now, a person has access to millions of books,'' said Chatsworth librarian Bruce Bruce, Scottish royal family descended from an 11th-century Norman duke, Robert de Brus. He aided William I in his conquest of England (1066) and was given lands in England. Seidman, noting that the city moves 40,000 books daily from branch to branch, which equates to the same number of books housed at one average branch. ``We have reference books that a main branch would buy. You can now get that here locally on our library databases.'' The following is a list of Valley libraries rebuilt or renovated with Proposition DD bond money: --Canoga Park, 20939 Sherman Way; reopened Aug. 5, 2004. --Chatsworth, 21052 Devonshire St.; reopened Nov. 15, 2004. --Encino-Tarzana, 18231 Ventura Blvd.; reopened April 10, 2003. --North Hollywood, 5211 Tujunga Ave AVE Avenue AVE Average AVE Alta Velocidad Espanola (train between Madrid and Seville) AVE Alta Velocidad Española (Spanish: High Speed Train) AVE Audio Video Entertainment AVE Advertising Value Equivalent .; renovated Nov. 2, 2002. --Northridge, 9051 Darby Ave., reopened Dec. 15, 2003. --Pacoima, 13605 Van Nuys Blvd.; reopened April 29, 2002. --Sherman Oaks, 14245 Moorpark St.; reopened May 8, 2003. --Sun Valley, 7935 Vineland Ave.; reopened Sept. 22, 2003. --Sylmar, 14561 Polk St.; reopened Sept. 6, 2003. --Valley Plaza, 12311 Vanowen St.; reopened Jan. 29, 2004. --West Valley, 19036 Vanowen St.; renovated Oct. 30, 2002. --Woodland Hills, 22200 Ventura Blvd.; reopened Aug. 14, 2003. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: (color) Lisa Franz of West Hills reads to her daughter Aylish Klepper, 5, at the Chatsworth branch library. The facility now has 13,000 square feet of space. David Sprague Box: The following is a list of Valley libraries rebuilt or renovated with Proposition DD bond money: (see text) |
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