Editing Redondo Beach, California (section)

=== Redondo Beach Public Library ===

[[File:Redondo Public Library from side.jpg|alt=public library image|thumb|Redondo Beach Public Library]]
[[File:RedondoBeachLibrary.jpg|alt=A tall brown brick building with a glass upper level, and white columns|thumb|Current Redondo Beach Public Library, main branch, from the civic center entrance]]
The first library in Redondo Beach began as a reading room in 1895. The first five-member Library Commission for the city was formed in November 1908. The library moved into the then City Hall's west wing in 1909 and eventually filled the entire west wing at 301 Emerald Street. In 1928 the Chamber of Commerce recommended a new library be built on the site previously occupied by the [[Hotel Redondo]] in what is now Veterans Park. The Veterans Park Library is a Spanish/Dutch colonial building designed by architect Lovel Bearse Pemberton and opened on July 2, 1930. It was placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1981. After serving as the Main Library for the city for 60 years, a site adjacent to City Hall was identified for a new, modern Main Library building. The new Main Library for the City of Redondo Beach opened on July 8, 1995, at 303 N. Pacific Coast Highway. A North Branch Library was also established in 1930 and started at the Grant Community Hall, it then moved to its current location at 2000 Artesia Boulevard in 1949. A new North Branch Library was constructed on the site in 2009 and opened its doors on September 28, 2010. The North Branch Library is the first City owned Green building and received Gold [[LEED certification]].<ref>[http://www.redondo.org/depts/library/history.asp The Redondo Beach Public Library, City of Redondo Beach Library], accessed March 28, 2015.</ref>