Liverpool in the Sydney's south west now has a brand new library and art gallery to match the region's stature. The new building is part of a $600 million project to revitalise the local economy.
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00:00 (bells ringing)
00:02 - Hear ye, hear ye!
00:06 The Liverpool Library will now be open!
00:09 - Sydney's third CBD just got a new jewel in its crown.
00:13 - Here we are standing today
00:15 with one of the most advanced
00:16 and architecturally beautiful buildings in all of Sydney.
00:20 - The new library is dubbed Yelamundi, meaning storyteller,
00:23 and it comes with an art gallery.
00:25 - Today marks a critical role
00:26 in Liverpool's economic development
00:28 and emerges as an economic powerhouse.
00:30 - The mayor has dedicated the new building
00:32 to children lost in war.
00:34 - There is no doubt that Gaza
00:36 and the children of Gaza are suffering.
00:38 While we celebrate this library opening today
00:40 and you see the smile on children's face,
00:42 that's what every kid should be able to celebrate.
00:44 - This new library covers 5,000 square meters,
00:47 is six levels high,
00:48 and has over two kilometers of bookshelves.
00:50 There's 85,000 items available to the public,
00:54 and it also offers free classes for children and adults.
00:58 - You hook a kid in, they become a librarian for life
01:00 or a library lover for life.
01:02 So beautiful children's spaces up the top,
01:05 so many different types of study spaces.
01:07 So the library card will open up all sorts of opportunities.
01:10 - People were already taking advantage of the new site.
01:13 - This is an application to join the library.
01:17 They're gonna give us a card
01:18 and be able to come to the library whenever we like.
01:20 - What's your favorite book?
01:22 - Spiderman.
01:23 - Definitely a lot more study space
01:24 than what the old library had,
01:26 which will be good 'cause there was always
01:27 a fight for tables.
01:28 - Even heroes were impressed.
01:30 - What do you think of the new library?
01:32 - Ooh.
01:34 - I should be allowed to climb on the roof.
01:36 That's my one criticism.
01:38 - One criticism in an otherwise successful opening event.
01:42 [BLANK_AUDIO]