ST. LOUIS — A party atmosphere pervaded the new Clark Family library branch Tuesday morning. Music played as children ran down halls and investigated a colorful play town and a lightboard. In the creative lab, a couple of 3D machines hummed, one making a green pipe from a Mario Brothers game.
“We had someone ask if there was always going to be music here,” noted Kristen Sorth, director and CEO of the St. Louis County Library.
Well, no, there won’t always be music playing. But there will always be books, DVDs, 3D printers, study rooms, genealogy resources, and children and teen rooms.
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Patrons mill about the Clark Family library branch's main entrance atrium on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, on a visit during the grand opening in Ladue.
Those areas for young people were popular with many of the hundreds of visitors who came for the library’s grand opening. After speeches and a ribbon-cutting ceremony, along with live music by Bird Seeds, visitors roamed the glass-walled building, the final in St. Louis County Library’s decade-long Your Library Renewed project.
People are also reading…
“Everybody’s curious,” said Ja’Mel McCaine, the creative lab manager. “They’ve come to see what’s available.”
The two-story building is 74,000 square feet and is the system’s largest branch. It is named for Bob Clark, executive chairman of Clayco, who donated $4 million to the project; the building was designed by Lamar Johnson Collaborative.
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Megan Rosson of Affton reads to her 2-year-old son Jack on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in the children's room at the Clark Family library branch during its grand public opening in Ladue. The $31.8 million facility is now St. Louis County's largest branch in the system.
The new branch was under construction for just over two years and cost $31.8 million, included in the total Your Library Renewed project tally of $190 million.
One visitor, Leslie Gemarino of Kirkwood, held her child in her arms. “It’s beautiful,” she said of the library, adding that her daughter loved the “super interactive” space.
Julia Matthews of Crestwood said she came with her child for the story time geared to 2-year-olds. “It’s great. It was our first time in there.” She usually visits the Oak Bend branch and so had never been to this site at 1640 South Lindbergh Boulevard in Ladue.
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Cori Evans, left, and her sister Chandler Evans, of Foristell, discover a book called Rainbow Weaver on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, on the shelves in the children’s room as the Clark Family library branch opens to the public in Ladue.
The Clark Family branch replaces the library’s old headquarters, which originally opened in 1960. The branch manager, Chris Goodman, said there was nothing he misses from the old building except seeing more of the “backroom staff.” Now, most of them work at the system’s recently built administration building on Spoede Road. The Clark branch actually increased its own staff to about 65 people.
Goodman welcomes the new event center, which has room for an audience of 800 or can be partitioned into four separate spaces.
Also unique to this branch is a revolving display of dozens of original artworks, made by St. Louisans or in St. Louis, that decorate walls courtesy of the Kranzberg Foundation.
“I love it,” said Kaylen Lucas of St. Charles. “I think the design is great.”
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From right, Oliver Plank, 5, Paige Byers, 5, and Evelyn Plank, 8, go over their book choices in a reading cubby on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in the children's room at the new Clark Family library branch during its grand public opening in Ladue.
The building’s adult, teen and children’s collections total about 55,000 items, similar to that held in the former building. More than 100,000 books make up its genealogy center, which also has a space for families to record oral histories and a room to scan documents or digitize VHS movies.
Small carts are available for those checking out a heavy pile of books. And so many books in the children’s section were being checked out that library staff was busy restocking shelves.
“We’re going to be one of the busiest branches in the system,” Goodman said.
By mid-afternoon, the library had issued 59 new cards and the deputy director, Eric Button, estimated that more than 2,500 people had come through by noon. Over 200 kids attended the first story time.
As one mom in the children’s room told her son it was time to leave, she answered his plea:
“We can come here again, yeah.”
St. Louis County Library opens Clark Family branch in Ladue
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From right, Oliver Plank, 5, Paige Byers, 5, and Evelyn Plank, 8, go over their book choices in a reading cubby on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in the children's room at the new Clark Family library branch during its grand public opening in Ladue.
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Cori Evans, left, and her sister Chandler Evans, of Foristell, discover a book called Rainbow Weaver on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, on the shelves in the children’s room as the Clark Family library branch opens to the public in Ladue.
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Leah Quinn of St. Louis searches the electronic catalogue on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in the children's room of the Clark Family library branch during its grand public opening in Ladue. The $31.8 million facility is now St. Louis County's largest branch in the system.
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Cyrus Reed, left, and Ellis Lockhart, musicians with HEAL Center for the Arts, test out the public drums and bass on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, as Wesley Curtis, background left, helps visitors set up the electronic keyboard in the music recording studio in the teen section of the Clark Family library branch during its grand public opening in Ladue. The $31.8 million facility is now St. Louis County's largest branch in the system.
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Patrons mill about the Clark Family library branch's main entrance atrium on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, on a visit during the grand opening in Ladue.
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Eleven-year-old Plager Hamm of Clayton searches graphic novel titles on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, to find something for her sister in the children's room at the Clark Family library branch during its grand public opening in Ladue. The $31.8 million facility is now St. Louis County's largest branch in the system.
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Nick Ghnouly, an attorney from University City, does some legal work on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, near the second-floor main entrance atrium at the Clark Family library branch during its grand public opening in Ladue. The $31.8 million facility is now St. Louis County's largest branch in the system.
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Katie Laurentius and her 3-year-old daughter Sylvia leave with their book selections on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, down the main staircase of the Clark Family library branch during its grand public opening in Ladue. The $31.8 million facility is now St. Louis County's largest branch in the system.
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Children play on an illuminated puzzle board on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in the children's room of the Clark Family library branch during its grand public opening in Ladue. The $31.8 million facility is now St. Louis County's largest branch in the system.
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Four-year-old Colin Rammacher of Chesterfied pulls an apple from the shelf in the creative play market on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in the children's room of the Clark Family library branch during its grand public opening in Ladue. The $31.8 million facility is now St. Louis County's largest branch in the system.
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Leah Quinn of St. Louis searches the electronic catalogue on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, with her 11-year-old daughter Evie in the children's book room of the Clark Family library branch during its grand public opening in Ladue. The $31.8 million facility is now St. Louis County's largest branch in the system.
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Creative Lab Specialist Wesley Curtis plays a guitar & sings on Tuesday, July 9, 2024 in the music recording studio in the teen section of the Clark Family library branch during its grand public opening in Ladue. Card holders can use the library's instruments or bring their own to record music. The $31.8 million facility is now St. Louis County's largest branch in the system.
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The teen creative lab is photographed on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in the Clark Family library branch during its grand public opening in Ladue. It features a digital design studio, a music/media studio, video game room, 3-D printers, etc. The $31.8 million facility is now St. Louis County's largest branch in the system.
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Wyatt Shedd, 11, of Chesterfield left, plays the game Scratch on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, as Justin Wilson looks on on a computer outside the design studio in the teen section of the Clark Family library branch during its grand public opening in Ladue. The $31.8 million facility is now St. Louis County's largest branch in the system.
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Ten-year-old Jonathan Chu of Chesterfield plays a video game on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, while visiting the teen section of the Clark Family library branch during its grand public opening in Ladue. The $31.8 million facility is now St. Louis County's largest branch in the system.
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Chandler Evans, 6, of Foristell plays in the creative play fire station on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in the children's room of the Clark Family library branch during its grand public opening in Ladue. The $31.8 million facility is now St. Louis County's largest branch in the system.
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Ten-year-old Griffin Margherio of Frontenac plays a computer game on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in the teen section of the Clark Family library branch during its grand public opening in Ladue. The $31.8 million facility is now St. Louis County's largest branch in the system.
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Megan Rosson of Affton reads to her 2-year-old son Jack on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in the children's room at the Clark Family library branch during its grand public opening in Ladue. The $31.8 million facility is now St. Louis County's largest branch in the system.
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The adult book and reference section is photographed on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in the Clark Family library branch during its grand public opening in Ladue. The $31.8 million facility is now St. Louis County's largest branch in the system.