The Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library is a library affiliated with the

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in downtown Oklahoma City, in the U.S. state of

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. The four-story, 114,130 square-foot library, opened on August 17, 2004. The building is named after former mayor

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, and cost approximately $21.5 million to construct. The nine-year effort to stop rainwater from leaking into the building was completed in 2009.

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2004 establishments in Oklahoma Buildings and structures in Oklahoma City Library buildings completed in 2004 {{OklahomaCity-stub