The 23,260 SF next-generation library is now a community hub envisioned as a space for a modern community. Once a forgotten post office site, the Dr. Shannon Walker Neighborhood Library is a vibrant art-filled public gathering space with a café, flexible meeting areas, private study rooms and variety of seating. In addition to housing traditional book stacks and cozy reading areas for all ages, the library features innovative spaces for collaboration and interaction including a maker lab, audio/visual and podcast recording spaces and TECHLink services. A library such as Walker transcends beyond the traditional libraries of the past.
Most notably, color inhabits the spaces as sunlight enhances the building’s design. The expansive colorfully glazed windows and cavernous walkways expose the building’s internal activities before reaching the access and the site cuts deep into the library, allowing patrons a variety of spaces in both function and scale proving varying experiences and moods.