CULTURAL

Mid-Manhattan
Library

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MID-MANHATTAN LIBRARY EXPANSION & RENOVATION
455 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY

MEP/FP design services for the renovation and new addition of the Mid-Manhattan Library which included an additional 8-floors and 117,000 SF for library service to the existing 139,000 SF building, while creating a 20,000 SF ground floor presence for rental to a prominent retailer.

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The expanded Mid-Manhattan library offered a massive presence of information technology including over 300 desktop computers, 100 laptops, and broad access to hundreds of electronic databases and technology training programs combining computer and library literacy.

Proposed spaces included top-floor office space, workrooms, collection space (periodicals, world languages, art, picture, literature and general reference), multimedia rooms / training staff lounge, history and social science, advisory services and additional ground-floor facility operations offices.

 

Project completed by K&L Group, A Division of MG Engineering

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