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[[File:Cambridge Public Library - Cambridge, MA - DSC00110.jpg|thumb|left|Main branch expansion building, 2011]]
The main branch of the Cambridge Public Library consists of two buildings at 449 Broadway. The Van Brunt & Howe portion is an historic [[library]] building. It was built in 1888 with land and full construction funding donated by [[Frederick H. Rindge]], a Cambridge native and [[philanthropist]]. Its [[Richardsonian Romanesque]] design was by [[Van Brunt & Howe]].[https://www.sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MA-01-CS22] In
The new expansion building consists of a $90 million expansion and renovation of the earlier library, led by the Boston architectural firms William Rawn Associates and Ann Beha Architects,[https://rawnarch.com/projects/cambridge-library.html] the expansion 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.[http://www.architectureweek.com/2009/1216/building_1-1.html][http://cambridgecivic.com/?p=3888][https://explorebostonhistory.org/items/show/4] [[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 former Longfellow School building.<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>
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