A friend had shared a story on Facebook about the McAllen, Texas main public library moving from a smaller downtown location to a renovated 124,000 square foot former Walmart building last December.

Text description provided by the architects. When Walmart abandoned one of its retail stores in McAllen, Texas, the city was left with the challenge of deciding what to do with the vacant building.

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The McAllen Public Library in McAllen, Texas, is the size of 2.5 football fields — the largest single-story library in the United States. But in its former life, its size wasn’t all that unusual. That ...

When the enormous Walmart on North 23rd Street in McAllen, Texas, decided to move to another location, it left a massive opportunity behind. At more than 124,000 square feet, the city opted to turn ...

MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The McAllen Public Library was chosen as one of over 70 libraries in Texas to be awarded the Summer at the Library Grant. The $7,200 grant, presented by the Texas ...

What would you do with an old abandoned Walmart? Creating a massive library probably isn't the first thing to come to mind, but that's what happened in the town of McAllen, Texas, reports Dave Pinter ...

When it comes to libraries, it turns out size does in fact matter. The McAllen Public Library just won the the International Interior Design Association's 2012 Library Interior Design Competition, and ...