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Penrose Library begins final renovations as fencing entire property gets underway
By year’s end, Pikes Peak Library District’s flagship branch will look different. Officials hope the $300,000 exterior makeover of Penrose Library at 20 N. Cascade Ave., in downtown Colorado Springs also will lead patrons to feel safer and more welcome. “If individuals see events occurring in an area that are illegal, inappropriate and distasteful, that…
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Pikes Pick: Penrose Library to open after being closed for two months
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Praise be, the Penrose Library will have an open house April 10 that will serve as its grand reopening after being closed for two long months due to shelving updates and renovations. Not that I haven’t been without my books, as I rerouted my holds…
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Penrose Library set to reopen in April, coinciding with National Library Week
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After temporarily closing on Feb. 1 to start a year-long renovation project, Penrose Library in downtown Colorado Springs will reopen to the public on April 10. “We said it would take a couple of months for this first phase, which represents the beginning of the…
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Penrose Library’s upcoming closure could be difficult for some patrons
Thirteen-year-old Kayla Brown, who uses Penrose Library all the time to do her online schoolwork, likes that the teen section where she plunks down at the downtown branch is quiet and peaceful. The environment helps her concentrate, she said Monday. “It’s going to be a little hard for me at home because it’s a bit…
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[CSG PRINT]Penrose Library’s upcoming closure could be difficult for some patrons
Thirteen-year-old Kayla Brown, who uses Penrose Library all the time to do her online schoolwork, likes that the teen section where she plunks down at the downtown branch is quiet and peaceful. The environment helps her concentrate, she said Monday. “It’s going to be a little hard for me at home because it’s a bit…
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Downtown Penrose Library to close for renovations, including security upgrades
Penrose Library at 20 N. Cascade Ave., the Pikes Peak Library District’s oldest location, will close for two months starting Feb. 1 for what officials describe as an overdue facelift. Built in 1968, the flagship of the 16-branch system has not been refreshed in years, said Chief Librarian and CEO Teona Shainidze-Krebs. “I’m very excited;…
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[PRINT] Downtown Penrose Library to close for renovations, including security upgrades
Penrose Library at 20 N. Cascade Ave., the Pikes Peak Library District’s oldest location, will close for two months starting Feb. 1 for what officials describe as an overdue facelift. Built in 1968, the flagship of the 16-branch system has not been refreshed in years, said Chief Librarian and CEO Teona Shainidze-Krebs. “I’m very excited;…