LJWorld Reports On the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library vs. The Lawrence Public Library.
The differences are numerous.
In Lawrence, the 45,000-square-foot library has 270,000 materials and two meeting rooms, which sometimes double as gallery space. It was built in 1971.
In Topeka, a $23 million bond issue approved in August 1996 was used to renovate the old 68,000-square-foot library and build an additional 100,000 square feet of space. The spruced-up building opened in 2001; first lady Laura Bush visited in early 2002.
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