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There has been a branch of the San Francisco Public Library
in the Glen Park neighborhood for over 70 years, in a number
of different, leased locations. Glen Park Branch Library was
the 12th branch established in the San Francisco Public Library
system, having first been opened in January 1927, at 700 Bosworth
Street. The branch was located at that site for almost 38 years,
until the building that housed it was demolished during construction
of Interstate 280. Glen Park Branch was then relocated to 2909
Diamond Street, just south of Bosworth. The branch was housed at that
site for five years until it was once again displaced by construction,
this time of the Glen Park BART station; the Diamond Street steps to
the BART plaza stand where the Branch was once located. The Branch
was next moved down the street to 2842 Diamond at Kern Street. After
nine years, in 1978, the Branch was relocated to its current leased
location at 653 Chenery Street.
The Glen Park Branch Library is now slated to be installed in a
permanent location as a result of the passage of a city bond measure
in November 2000. Over the next few years a new and larger branch
building will be planned and built in the neighborhood.
The Glen Park Branch Library in 1970, at the corner of Diamond and Kern
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