A friend had shared a story on Facebook about the McAllen, Texas main public library moving from a smaller downtown location to a renovated 124,000 square foot former Walmart building last December.

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The McAllen Public Library in McAllen, Texas, is the size of 2.5 football fields — the largest single-story library in the United States. But in its former life, its size wasn’t all that unusual. That ...

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When it comes to libraries, it turns out size does in fact matter. The McAllen Public Library just won the the International Interior Design Association's 2012 Library Interior Design Competition, and ...