The doors of the Fulton County Central Library have re-opened in downtown Atlanta for the first time in three years following a $50 million renovation project.
The 41-year-old building just off Peachtree Street has been made over, with state of the art technology, classrooms, art galleries, a rooftop patio and a test kitchen. A bank of windows have softened the building’s brutalist stone exterior.
Gayle Holloman, Executive Director of the library system, says that’s her favorite part.
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