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TexasTowelie

(112,441 posts) Fri Feb 3, 2017, 12:22 AM Feb 2017

DC's Martin Luther King Jr. Library to Close in March for 3-Year, $208 Million Renovation

The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, D.C.’s central library, will close in March for a complete interior renovation. Construction will start this summer and continue until 2020. News4's Tom Sherwood has a preview of what the new facility will offer.

Video at http://www.nbcwashington.com/blogs/first-read-dmv/DC_s-King-Library-To-Close-In-March-for-3-Year_-_208-Million-Renovation_Washington-DC-412617003.html .

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DC's Martin Luther King Jr. Library to Close in March for 3-Year, $208 Million Renovation (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2017 OP

That's insane metroins Feb 2017 #1

Most of the money is being spent for electrical outlets TexasTowelie Feb 2017 #2

metroins

(2,550 posts)

1. That's insane

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Feb 3, 2017, 01:05 AM

Feb 2017

200 million and 3 years for a library.

You could build a brand new one for less than 10 million.

Libraries are going out of style. Turn it into a museum or large Internet Cafe. I mean almost all libraries.

TexasTowelie

(112,441 posts)

2. Most of the money is being spent for electrical outlets

Reply to metroins (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 3, 2017, 01:08 AM

Feb 2017

so that people can plug in their chargers for their cellphones and tablets.

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