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Library director outlines $30M‑scale reimagining of Roy and Helen Hall branch including planetarium
Summary
The city presented a renovation plan for the Roy and Helen Hall Library that includes a 26-foot dome planetarium, 2,500-square-foot exhibit hall and expanded meeting and teen spaces; construction is planned to start in June with roughly a one-year timeline.
Spencer Smith, director of libraries for the City of McKinney, presented detailed plans to the McKinney Community Development Corporation on Feb. 27 for the Roy and Helen Hall Library reimagining, a renovation that will add a planetarium, exhibit space, expanded youth and teen areas, more meeting rooms and indoor-outdoor programming space.
Smith described the project as a long-range, multi-decade vision to make the Hall branch an everyday community destination for the east side of town and a northern gateway to downtown. Key features presented included a 26-foot-diameter, full-dome planetarium with a removable seating system (capacity about 55), a…
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