Tag: penrose library
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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 Peak Library District officials say it’s time for a 7-foot fence at downtown Penrose Library
An overhaul of Penrose Library is entering a second phase, which includes installing a 7-foot-high fence around the entire two-level perimeter of the Pikes Peak Library District’s downtown flagship branch. The city’s Downtown Review Board recently approved the proposed exterior changes to the library at 20 N. Cascade Ave. Bids now will be solicited from…
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Giraffe lovers welcome to attend zoo visit, presentation with zoologist in Colorado Springs
Seven years ago, Jen Law watched April the giraffe give birth live on YouTube — and she hasn’t been the same since. The live birth was life-changing for Law, who hadn’t known much about the endangered animals up until then. But watching April’s gawky, awkward son, Tajiri, emerge in front of her eyes arrowed her…
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‘It’s a special day’: Penrose Library reopens with refurbished interior, enhanced security features
Characters in the books lined up on the new shelves of Penrose Library in downtown Colorado Springs would approve of the refurbished interior because their stories have a better chance of being read. More than two months after the Pikes Peak Library District’s flagship branch closed for renovations, Penrose reopened Wednesday to a big party…
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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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Pikes Pick: Penrose Library to open after being closed for two months
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 to Cheyenne Mountain Library, a sweet, little spot with great…
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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 set to reopen in April, coinciding with National Library Week
PPLD will hold public open houses at 8 branches in honor of National Library Week
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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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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;…