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Upgrade at U of T?s Robarts Library

By Agnese Caruso

How many of us have spent late nights here?….. 

 The Toronto Star is reporting today that the University of Toronto’s Robarts Library will be receiving a new $75 million upgrade for the first time in 35 years. The Ontario government is also expected to announce today a $15 million grant to go towards this project. The revitalization and expansion plan includes:

• a new wing with over 1,000 new study spaces
• improvement of  over 1,000 existing study spaces
• adding over 1,000 more study spaces to the existing building
• outdoor ampitheatre-style seating
• the removal of some of the upper concrete walls to let the sun come in

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on February 28, 2008 (boomark / email).