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Line 27: A $90 million expansion and renovation of the library, led by the Boston architectural firms William Rawn Associates and Ann Beha Architects, opened on November 8, 2009.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/11/10/cambridge-public-library-grand-opening-a-beautiful-library-for-a-great-innovation-city/ \|title=Cambridge Public Library Grand Opening: A Beautiful Library for a Great Innovation City \|last=Buderi \|first=Robert \|date=November 10, 2009 \|website=xconomy \|access-date=March 9, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115122126/http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/11/10/cambridge-public-library-grand-opening-a-beautiful-library-for-a-great-innovation-city/ \|archive-date=January 15, 2010}}</ref> The new addition more than tripled the square footage of the building, and is the first building in the US to make use of European Double-Skin [[curtain wall (architecture)\|Curtainwall]] technology. [[Architectural drawing]]s and construction [[photos]] are available [https://web.archive.org/web/20080829191255/http://www.cambridgema.gov/~CPL/booksandmortar/renderings.htm here]. During most of the construction, the library collection had been relocated to the Longfellow School.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.cambridgema.gov/CPL/announce.htm# \|title=Homepage \|website=The Cambridge Public Library \|access-date=March 9, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090407055255/http://www.cambridgema.gov/CPL/announce.htm# \|archive-date=April 7, 2009}}</ref> The surrounding lawn of the main building is a popular meeting place for various interest groups, including pickup soccer, [[slacklining]], book and religious study groups, casual picnics, and the traditional practice of various martial &and therapeutic arts. === Museum of Science Community Solar System === Prior to the renovation of the main library, the library was home to a scale model of the [[planet]] [[Saturn]] in the Boston [[Museum of Science, Boston\|Museum of Science's]] community-wide [[~~solar~~Solar ~~system~~System model]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.mos.org/sln/wtu/passport.pdf \|title=Community Solar System Official Passport \|publisher=Boston Museum of Science \|access-date=March 9, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010612185942/https://www.mos.org/sln/wtu/passport.pdf \|archive-date=June 12, 2001}}</ref> Saturn was located just outside the portion of the building that housed the old stacks, roughly where the computer workstation sign-in table is currently located. The Saturn model was packed up and shipped back to the Museum of Science and was not positioned at the reopened renovated library.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://jeremyfreese.blogspot.com/2006/09/why-does-world-continually-conspire-to.html \|title=why does the world continually conspire to thwart me? \|last=Grice \|first=Noreen \|date=September 7, 2006 <!-- @ 11:54AM --> \|website= \|publisher=Charles Hayden Planetarium \|page= \|pages= \|accessdate=July 3, 2013 \|quote=The Saturn model was brought back to the Museum of Science when the Cambridge library closed, and is currently in storage. Since the Saturn and Neptune models are not available, we revised the Community Solar System passport to give credit for those planets. }}</ref> Other locations in Cambridge that still have models in the historic [[Definition of planet#IAU definition\|nine planet]] series are the Royal Sonesta Hotel (home of [[Earth]]) and the [[CambridgeSide]] mall (home of [[Mars]]). ==History of organization==

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