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Walt Whitman Library's Leaky Roof To Be Replaced This Spring
The Fort Greene library's roof leaks so the city will start on a nearly $600,000 project to replace it later this year, officials said.
FORT GREENE, NY — The city will replace the aging roof of Fort Greene's Walt Whitman Library later this year because it leaks, officials said.
The city chose a contractor on Monday for the $569,932 project to replace the roof of the 93 St. Edwards St. branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, city records show.
The work's expected to start sometime in the spring, a spokeswoman for the library said. They expect to keep the branch open during the work, but sections may be briefly during the construction.
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The branch opened in 1908, built with money donated by Andrew Carnegie, and was renamed after the poet in 1943, according to the Brooklyn Public Library.
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