Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library

{{Short description|Library in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.}}

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The Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library is a library affiliated with the Metropolitan Library System in downtown Oklahoma City, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The four-story, 114,130 square-foot library, opened on August 17, 2004.{{cite web |title=Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library |url=https://www.metrolibrary.org/locations/downtown |publisher=Metropolitan Library System |accessdate=August 24, 2019}}

The building is named after former mayor Ron Norick, and cost approximately $21.5 million to construct.{{cite web |title=Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library |url=https://www.okc.gov/government/maps-3/maps-history/original-maps/ronald-j-norick-downtown-library |publisher=City of Oklahoma City |accessdate=August 24, 2019}} The nine-year effort to stop rainwater from leaking into the building was completed in 2009.{{Cite web|url=https://oklahoman.com/article/3381197/closing-the-book-on-ronald-j-norick-downtown-library-fixes/|title=Closing the book on Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library fixes|date=2009-06-27|website=Oklahoman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-24}}