You want to know how old I am? I was here when this opened.
(Story time) I was in grade school. I was SO excited because the only other library in North Phoenix before this one was built was (and I kid you not) a green and white one room mobile trailer on 32nd street near Thunderbird. As a voracious reader, I'd pretty much burned through the entire kids section and a good chunk of the adult section by the time this new library was built when I was 10. We watched it being built and Oooo-d and Aaaaaa-d over it's super modern architecture. I was so excited that Mom let me miss school for the day to be there for the opening ceremonies where speeches were made about progress in Phoenix and Rose Moffard cut the bright red ribbon. It was amazing.
Though it's gone through an expansion since then, it's surprising how small this library seems now in comparison to the mega-mart libraries that have sprouted up in other parts of town. It's gone from being THE library in the area, to one of the smaller libraries in the general area. It's still a great neighborhood library though. That super modern architecture is still holding its own pretty well against the new fancy locations. And the fact that it is a part of the Paradise Valley Mall "circle" of shops is really convenient.