Coming from a city that built and maintains a libr...

Coming from a city that built and maintains a library the size of a shopping mall. Keep this library, go to town for the big ugly library. Those who complain, do not look, there is always available space, the resources are there and if they do not have a book they can get it for you quickly and quite painlessly. The building is great after the remodel, It would be a complete waste of money to just throw this gem away in favor of a huge, soulless, generic monstrosity for the sole reason of stoking a few residents egos. You will not know what you have until it is gone.