BlogTO covers the major renovation and complete rebuilding of Toronto’s TPL Centennial Branch.
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A Toronto library has just closed its doors for a major renovation, but it’ll be years before it opens up again.

Built in 1966, the TPL Centennial Branch has been a North York staple for nearly 60 years — but for the first time in its history, it’s undergoing a massive renovation, closing it to the public for what will likely be several years.

The renovation, if you can even call it that, is actually a complete demolition of the existing building, with an entirely new building planned to be built on the current library’s land.

The early renderings of the new library, designed by Hamilton-based architecture, engineering and design firm, mcCallumSather, in association with architect Ken Fukushima, could not possibly present a more different structure for Centennial Library than the one that exists there currently.

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