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(Clockwise from top left) The National Library Building, the Rotunda Library & Archive, Library@harbourfront, Bishan Public Library and the Punggol Regional Library.

(Clockwise from top left) The National Library Building, the Rotunda Library & Archive, Library@harbourfront, Bishan Public Library and the Punggol Regional Library.

ST PHOTOS: LUTHER LAU, ONG WEE JIN, JASON QUAH, KEVIN LIM

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SINGAPORE – Some librarygoers are still mourning the loss of the lovely library@Esplanade, with its spectacular bay views and comfortable armchairs, which closed in June 2023. 

Now comes news that

library@orchard will be shuttering on Oct 28.

At least it will be back in some form in 2026 – unlike the Esplanade space, which is now occupied by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Foreword Coffee. 

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