Forum Drone: Clark Library Near Completion

Date Posted: April 9, 2024

Posted In: Drone, Projects,

This week, Louis Kelly, Forum drone photographer and owner of Drone Eagle LLC, captures progress on the new Clark Family Branch of the St. Louis County Library. The building is enclosed and work is nearing completion.  It will replace the former headquarters building at 1640 S. Lindbergh Boulevard, which has been demolished.

Designed by Lamar Johnson Collaborative, the $22M building will be a two-story, 74,000-square-foot building. The general contractor on the project, ICS Construction Services, Ltd.

The building will include a small business center, genealogy center, children’s exploration space, teen innovation lab, quiet reading room, community reading rooms, large author event space, 19 private study rooms, a wooded patio area and walking trail, a second floor outside reading deck, a business center with fax, copy, and scanning machines, a vending area, and family restrooms.