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Central Library Project Receives Regional Center Approval

Library News & Announcements RSS Feed October 4, 2001

In what represents one of the final regulatory milestones, the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library received Regional Center approval on Wednesday, October 3, 2001 from the City's Metropolitan Development Commission for the proposed $103 million transformation of Central Library downtown.

The Library sought the Regional Center designation to allow for continued planning of particular aspects of the Central Library project, including a six-story addition to the north of the existing original library building, a circular auditorium along E. 9th Street, and an underground parking facility for 420 vehicles.

The plan maintains the current location of the Ambassador Apartment building which sits within the St. Joseph Historic Neighborhood at the corner of E. 9th Street and N. Pennsylvania Street.

Plans call for construction to begin in late 2002, with completion estimated in early 2006.