Everybody in North Lauderdale lives just minutes from the library. This 20,000-square-foot facility is an eye-popping improvement over the previous 3,200-square-foot facility. Perhaps more important than the size is the improved central location within the city. Now more users than ever can get to the library by bike or on foot.

North Lauderdale’s library includes 70,000 items, but as a branch of the Broward County library system, residents have access to millions of volumes by ordering materials from throughout the system. One of the most interesting features of the new library is the art on the windows by Richard Heipp. It’s a series of “Shadow Silhouettes” illustrating the fables and myths of mankind.