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photo credit: April Saul; Philadelphia Inquirer
Refurbished Music Room
The music room was a warm-up for the architect. Moshe Safdie & Associates is designing a new addition and the partial restoration of the existing building. The renovation was small, but the preamble to a much greater one. A larger library mission that library president and director Siobhan A. Reardon is working into the program for the new building. New spaces for "content creation" are planned - stations where composers can realize their music in podcasts, where authors can meet to talk about their work, and where animators can work.
Leaders now feel confident enough to predict that a shovel will go in the ground this year.
Currently (APRIL 2010), about $105 million has been pledged toward the $175 million goal (which includes $10 million for endowment). Gov. Rendell is dangling $4 million if it can be matched, and two other major gifts are expected this year.