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If you've never been to a library opening before you might be surprised to realize that they tend to attract crowds. At yesterday's reopening of the Bloor/Gladstone branch, for instance, a throng of eager readers was waiting in the rain a half-hour before they were to be let inside, and once the doors did open it took twenty minutes for the line to clear. Kids ran downstairs to check out their colourful new play areas, longtime patrons set off to find the new locations of their old favourite sections, and the social butterflies settled into the sparkling computer lab for a status update or two. You could hardly blame them: they'd been without their library for nearly three years, and the enthusiasm with which the branch was welcomed back was delightful to behold.

The construction hoarding around the perennially under-renovation Bloor and Gladstone Library has been serving as an outdoor gallery for local and visiting artists since last November, when a series of framed photographs by a photographer known only as "P3" appeared. Anyone can add their own work to this wonderfully improvised and growing exhibition—just don't forget your screwdriver.