{"id":183035,"date":"2026-02-18T14:46:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/183035\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:46:34","slug":"downtown-fresnos-central-library-closes-for-multi-year-renovation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/183035\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Fresno&#8217;s Central Library closes for multi\u2011year renovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A downtown fixture is undergoing a major makeover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After more than six decades of service, the Central Library branch in Downtown Fresno will undergo a major infrastructure renovation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As of last January, 40% of the project is completed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The remaining 60% will include upgrades to the building&#8217;s electrical system, lighting and ceiling, and basement renovation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The facility, which opened on April 13, 1959 is set to temporarily close until 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the meantime, surrounding communities can visit nearby branches including West Fresno Library, Mosqueda Library and Gillis Library.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Central holds will be rerouted to the West Fresno Library.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Today was the last of service of service for the Downtown Fresno branch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A downtown fixture is undergoing a major makeover. After more than six decades of service, the Central Library&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[75153,17774,112,114,113,86569],"class_list":{"0":"post-183035","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-central-library","9":"tag-downtown-fresno","10":"tag-fresno","11":"tag-fresno-headlines","12":"tag-fresno-news","13":"tag-west-fresno-library"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}