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Downtown Central Wichita Public Library, photographed Friday, Aug. 12, 2011.

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Parking spaces are in short supply near the Downtown Central Wichita Public Library, photographed Friday, Aug. 12, 2011, during special events at nearby Century II.

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Quentin Bickham, 7, peruses a book at the Downtown Central Wichita Public Library, photographed Friday, Aug. 12, 2011.

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A patron looks at books at Downtown Central Wichita Public Library, photographed Friday, Aug. 12, 2011.

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Library patrons at the Downtown Central Wichita Public Library, photographed Friday, Aug. 12, 2011.

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Library patrons at the Downtown Central Wichita Public Library, photographed Friday, Aug. 12, 2011.

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Library patrons at the Downtown Central Wichita Public Library, photographed Friday, Aug. 12, 2011.

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Library clerk Samantha Welch sorts books at the Downtown Central Wichita Public Library, photographed Friday, Aug. 12, 2011.

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Some books that are catalogued at the Downtown Central Wichita Public Library, photographed Friday, Aug. 12, 2011, are stored in an area not open to the public because of lack of space.

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The Downtown Central Wichita Public Library is considering relocating to the former Watkins Steel property across from Exploration Place at 711 W. 2nd St., photographed Friday, Aug. 12, 2011.

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