Renton has, so far as we can tell, the only public library built over a river.
As the Cedar River flows serenely through downtown Renton, it’s a scene out of Venice or Amsterdam: The water has been trained into a straight line, like a planned canal, with at least six bridges spanning it if you include I-405. Most were designed for cars to cross the river, and some allow pedestrians too. But only one of them is engineered for library carts as well.
Constructed in 1966, the Renton Library’s journey to existence was perhaps less plumbed and perfect than this stretch of the Cedar. In fact, it’s
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