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The Castro Valley Library
is no stranger to green buildings.
When the library first
opened in 1918, Castro Valley was a rural community and
the library operated out of a recycled chicken coop.
Back
then, ranchers and farmers would ride their horses...
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p.
1
The Castro Valley Library
is no stranger to green buildings.
When the library first
opened in 1918, Castro Valley was a rural community and
the library operated out of a recycled chicken coop.
Back
then, ranchers and farmers would ride their horses to the library to pick up a
weekly supply of reading material for their families.
In October 2009, the Castro Valley branch of the Alameda County Library
moved from an overcrowded facility it had been occupying since 1962 to a
modern, light-filled building with three times more space.
Designed as an
energy-efficient, healthy and comfortable place for the community’s children
and adults as well as the library’s staff, the new building offers expanded space
for print and audio-visual collections.
It also features inviting reading rooms,
more public computers, a spacious community meeting room and outdoor
patio, a café and a bookstore—all surrounded by beautiful landscaping.
COST
$11,385,000 (building construction)
$2,470,000 (site d
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