Experience two new floors of public space for the 21st-century library user.
Conceived by the Free Library and designed by acclaimed Moshe Safdie Architects, the new spaces opening this April are a culmination of over a decade of renovations to restore and reimagine the historic Parkway Central Library for today's–and tomorrow's–library users. Increasing the amount of public space from 35% (when renovations began in 2006) to 68%, the creative repurposing of nearly 41,000 square feet of public and staff space is the largest renovation since Parkway Central was completed in 1927.
Join us April 12–14, 2019 to celebrate the grand opening of these striking new spaces:
The Robert and Eileen Kennedy Heim Center for Cultural and Civic Engagement
First Floor | 7,200 square feet
An active gathering space for diverse programs and civic engagement.
Marie and Joseph Field Teen Center
Ground Floor | 4,000 square feet
Special programming and a gaming area–exclusively for teens.
Business Resource and Innovation Center
Ground Floor | 8,200 square feet
A new hub for Philadelphia's entrepreneurs, inventors, nonprofits, and job seekers.
PECO and Comcast NBCUniversal are lead sponsors of innovative workforce development programs and digital literacy classes in the new spaces.