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New Library Updates

 

New Library Plans and Renderings

If you would like to view the New Library plans and renderings please click the button below.

New Library Plans

Town Hall Meeting: Final Library Design Plans

Please click the button below to view the virtual town-wide unveiling of the final design plans for the Main Library.

Final Design Presentation
 

 
Library Grand Opening!
Library Grand Opening!

On, Saturday, July 5 at 11:00 am, Maplewoodians came out in force to celebrate and experience their newly renovated and expanded building!

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New LibraryRobert NealonJuly 21, 2025Grand Opening, New Library 2025
ARCHITECTURE DESIGN CONCEPT
ARCHITECTURE DESIGN CONCEPT

The newly reimagined Maplewood Memorial Library is a 32,000-square-foot, all-electric, community-first civic space that is 33% larger than before…

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New LibraryRobert NealonJuly 3, 2025
Solar Panels and more!
Solar Panels and more!

Drone footage showing progress of new library construction and the solar panels on the roof.

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New LibraryRobert NealonMarch 14, 2025
We're Getting There!
We're Getting There!

Lighting, floors, ceilings and windows throughout the Library are nearing completion!

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New LibraryRobert NealonMarch 14, 2025
Lights and Skylight
Lights and Skylight

Recent pictures of the lighting installation in your new library. Enjoy!

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New Library, NewsRobert NealonJanuary 3, 2025
Ceilings and Rooms

More pictures of the second floor beams along with the first floor slatted ceiling and beautiful light filled cones in the Children’s Room. 

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New Library, NewsRobert NealonDecember 20, 2024
Beams and Trusses
Beams and Trusses

Librarians tour the new library building once again. Breathtaking pictures of the second floor and the massive beams and trusses of its ceiling!

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New Library, NewsRobert NealonNovember 19, 2024
Ceiling and Roof
Ceiling and Roof

The new roof is being installed and the ceiling structures are shaping up in the Children’s Room!

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New Library, NewsRobert NealonOctober 23, 2024
Rooms and Hallways!
Rooms and Hallways!

Library rooms, hallways are taking shape!

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New Library, NewsRobert NealonSeptember 12, 2024
Windows, Hallways and Bookdrop!
Windows, Hallways and Bookdrop!

Rooms, hallways, windows, and the bookdrop are taking shape!

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New LibraryRobert NealonAugust 20, 2024
Library Staff Tour Library Site
Library Staff Tour Library Site

Construction is buzzing at the new library building on Baker Street!

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New LibraryRobert NealonJuly 26, 2024
Windows and Ducts
Windows and Ducts

Views of the fritted glass windows and architectural ductwork…

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New LibraryRobert NealonApril 15, 2024
The Rounded Wall
The Rounded Wall

Things are coming along at the construction site. This is the rounded wall on the second floor above the forum…

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New LibraryRobert NealonMarch 1, 2024
Windows of Opportunity
Windows of Opportunity

Windows are being installed in the new library! The site is busy with electricians, roofers and window installers.  This is an exciting way to end 2023 and a very positive beginning to 2024.

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New LibraryRobert NealonDecember 22, 2023
Library Construction Tour: October 23, 2023
Library Construction Tour: October 23, 2023

See the photos from the library construction tour with the building committee, township committee members, library trustees, friends and foundation members

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Robert NealonOctober 23, 2023
DID YOU KNOW?
DID YOU KNOW?

Your input helped make our Library for the 21st Century possible.

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New LibraryRobert NealonSeptember 1, 2023
Floored!
Floored!

Floors are taking shape at the new library! See photographs of the floors as they are being erected at the new library

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New LibraryRobert NealonAugust 10, 2023
DID YOU KNOW?
DID YOU KNOW?

Our new library is being built with resilience as a priority. Click here to see what It will include:

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New LibraryRobert NealonAugust 4, 2023
Building Steel at the New Library
Building Steel at the New Library

Building steel going up at the new library! See the amazing drone photographs of the steel being erected at the new library in the slide show below…

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New LibraryRobert NealonJuly 13, 2023
DID YOU KNOW?
DID YOU KNOW?

The windows in our new building will be fritted. Frit patterns are made up of small particles of ceramic, porcelain, or glass that are fused to the surface of the window.

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New LibraryRobert NealonJuly 5, 2023
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