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Moynihan backs 1913 library preservation: Anything is possible in New Canaan
Grace Duffield
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The 1913 wing of the New Canaan Library on Main Street is the center of a controversy as residents try to decide if  it should be demolished or not after the new library is built next door to it. Picture taken April 19, 2021.Grace Duffield / Hearst Connecticut Media
First Selectman Kevin Moynihan said he has received “very little feedback,” as of Tuesday, April 20 after he voiced support for preservation of the 1913 New Canaan Library, a topic that has sparked controversy in recent months.
He said the old building has “historic value” during a Planning and Zoning Commission special public hearing, on Thursday, April 15 and that the old building and new 44,000 square proposed building “can coexist.” ....

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