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Construction on the 63,000-square-foot facility began in December 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=2009-10-06|title=MAYOR FENTY ADMINISTRATION SIGNS LAST BEAM AT NEW DEANWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER, LIBRARY|work=US Fed News Service|url=|url-status=live|access-date=}}</ref> The library, which occupies 7,500 square feet of the space, has room for 25,000 books.<ref name=":0" /> It was designed by [[Perkins Eastman]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2014-11-06|title=Deanwood Community Center and Library|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/deanwood-community-center-and-library-5633|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907191623/http://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/deanwood-community-center-and-library-5633 |archive-date=2015-09-07 |access-date=2021-01-18|website=Architect Magazine}}</ref>
 
Deanwood, one of the city's most historic African American neighborhoods, was previously served by a library kiosk that opened in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-20|title=Read Your Way Up|url=https://www.dclibrary.org/node/67110|access-date=2021-01-18|website=District of Columbia Public Library|language=en}}</ref> The one-room, 120-square-foot structure held a few thousand books but had no facilities, plumbing, or high-tech checkout systems.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fernandez|first=Manny|date=2003-10-01|title=Tiniest Library Loses Largest Heart|language=en-US|work=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/10/01/tiniest-library-loses-largest-heart/a9b5ea9e-39dc-4ca7-aa21-fa099375992c/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-01-18|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Though it has not been operational since 2008, the remains of the kiosk stillcan be standsseen at 4215 Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue, NE.<ref>{{Cite web|last=DePillis|first=Lydia|date=2010-10-04|title=Anybody Want a Kiosk?|url=https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/384807/anybody-want-a-kiosk/|access-date=2021-01-18|website=Washington City Paper|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2005-09-02|title=ATSDR Releases Final Public Health Assessment for River Terrace Community in Washington, DC|url=https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/news/displaynews.asp?PRid=1877|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506150451/http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/news/displaynews.asp?PRid=1877 |archive-date=2009-05-06 |access-date=2021-01-18|website=Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry|language=en}}</ref>
 
== See also ==
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