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Madrona Sally Goldmark Library Hours:
1134 33rd Avenue (at East Union St.)
  • Mondays and Tuesdays 1:00pm to 8:00pm
Seattle, WA 98122
  • Wednesdays and Thursdays 10:00am to 8:00pm
The Seattle Public Library
  • Fridays and Saturdays 10:00am to 6:00pm



Madrona Library before the 2008 renovation.Madrona Celebrates the Renovated Sally Goldmark Library on May 10, 2008

A crowd of 100 waited outside the new glass doors for the renovated Madrona-Sally Peter Goldmark, son of Sally Goldmark, thanks Mayor Nichols, City Librarian Deborah Jacobs, and the Madrona community for honoring his mother,Goldmark library to reopen on May 10, the day before Mother’s Day. There were politicians and members of the library board and even a giant puppet but mostly the crowd was filled with readers from Madrona. When the speeches were over and the poppers were popped, everyone filed into the new space to have a look. It’s a strange experience to go somewhere you know so well and find it so changed but once everyone got over the shock, the looks of amazement changed to smiles.

Our cozy little red brick library has been transformed into a bright open room designed for reading. Modern recessed lightening and a high white ceiling have replaced the dark interior spaces left over from the structure’s previous incarnation as a neighborhood fire station. While the new reading room lacks the charm of the original one—the old fireplace and the brickwork are gone—it introduces a new clean style with its own kind of warmth. The library now includes two pieces of art: a modernist oil painting by Seattle artist Mary Iverson, and Sleepy Goat, a colorful ceramic sculpture by longtime Madrona artist Monad.
Mimi HowardA new door with a large clear canopy was added, along with an exterior book drop. The old entryway was closed off and repurposed into a wide window seat in the new Mimi Howard Reading Area. Howard, a former member of The Seattle Public Library board of trustees and a current member of the board of The Seattle Public Library Foundation, is the mother of glassybaby founder Lee Rhodes. Howard beamed as she looked around the fabulous space dedicated to her by her daughter as an eternal Mother’s Day gift.

The renovated library emphasizes materials for children, popular fiction, DVDs, and space for holds pick-up. The library, which is the same size as before but feels much larger, has added approximately 3,000 new books, DVDs and CDs to the existing 14,000 piece collection. There are now nine public computers instead of just six.

One thing that didn’t change was the staff and the great service they provide to the people of Madrona. Library hours remain as always, Mondays and Tuesdays 1:00pm to 8:00pm, Wednesdays and Thursdays 10:00am to 8:00pm, Fridays and Saturdays 10:00am to 6:00pm.


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