Bala Cynwyd Library Celebrates Grand Reopening on May 19

On May 19, Bala Cynwyd Library is celebrating the completion of its 16-month renovation with a grand reopening.

The festivities will begin at 1 p.m. with a flag raising by Cub Scout Pack 581 and, according to the library's Facebook page, musical performances by the Lower Merion High School Saxophone Quartet and the Lower Merion High School Jazz Ensemble.

(Other activities are planned as well. While the particulars are still being ironed out, Main Line Media News has more details on the event here.)

Guests are encouraged to dress as their favorite literary characters.

Of six library local libraries Lower Merion Township plans to renovate, Bala Cynwyd was the second to be completed. According to Phillymag.com, the redesign was an ambitious one:

[The] renovation of the Bala Cynwyd Library included the addition of 6,000 square feet, but the space that’s getting the most emphasis is a small seating area that visitors will see right as they walk in. Chairs are arranged around an ornamental fireplace that’s always been in the building but was pretty much ignored. Now it’ll serve as a focal point, looking more like a living room than a shelving area.

The library also now boasts a mural of children's stories and a new young adult section.

And, of course, on May 19, the Bala Cynwyd Library will again be open for business.