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NEW CONSTRUCTION - VISITACION VALLEY BRANCH

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· Visitacion Valley Branch Community Meeting: July 22, 2008 English \| Chinese	· Design Presentation – July 2008

As part of the bond measure overwhelmingly passed by the voters in November 2000, the San Francisco Public Library is replacing the Visitacion Valley Branch Library. The branch is currently located in a small leased facility. The Library purchased the Super Fair Market property, at the corner of Leland and Rutland, to build a new branch.

Visitacion Valley Branch Library, north elevation rendering, October 2007. Courtesy of San Francisco Bureau of Architecture.

After a series of community meetings, plans for a new library were designed. Key features of the current design include:

Stand alone library, approximately 8,500 square feet
ADA accessible
Corner entrance with prominent design to give a civic presence to the building
Service desk with sight lines to all areas of the library
Children, teens, and adults separated for privacy
New program room accessible after hours for community use
Different roof heights with acoustical treatments to create quiet spaces
Study room to allow space for quiet independent study
Windows to provide lighting and natural ventilation to all areas of library
Courtyards available for outside library programming
Staff area organized for the efficient handling of returned materials
Flexible design to accommodate future uses
Comfortable reading areas
Space for more books and other materials
More computers
Express self-checkout machines
Accessible restrooms for public and staff
Wireless (Wi-Fi) access to the internet
Green Building features (LEED Silver equivalent)

Design work restarted in summer 2007 and the new branch is scheduled to open in 2010.

The Friends of the San Francisco Public Library are raising funds from private donations for new furniture, fixtures, and equipment for the branch library. For information on the Visitacion Valley neighborhood campaign, contact marian.ctaylor@friendssfpl.org.

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