Mayor’s plan could turn a page on Philadelphia’s crumbling libraries

Mayor Kenney’s ambitions $600 million “Rebuild” plan is aimed at fixing up many of those aging libraries and repairing run-down recreation centers.

The six-year initiative also calls for reorganizing space in some library buildings and creating new space in others.

The proposed makeover involves adding pre-kindergarten classrooms in some library branches as part of another major Kenney initiative: His goal of adding 10,000 “quality” Pre-K slots for 3- and 4-year-olds by 2020.

From Kenney’s plan could turn a page on Philadelphia’s crumbling libraries

Mayor Kenney’s ambitions $600 million “Rebuild” plan is aimed at fixing up many of those aging libraries and repairing run-down recreation centers.

The six-year initiative also calls for reorganizing space in some library buildings and creating new space in others.

The proposed makeover involves adding pre-kindergarten classrooms in some library branches as part of another major Kenney initiative: His goal of adding 10,000 “quality” Pre-K slots for 3- and 4-year-olds by 2020.

From Kenney’s plan could turn a page on Philadelphia’s crumbling libraries