Plaza Branch

Plaza Branch

4801 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64112

PHONE: 816.701.3481; FAX: 816.701.3491

Plaza Branch Director: Joel Jones
joeljones@kclibrary.org
Office: 816.701.3581

The Plaza Branch Library is located at 4801 Main Street. It is the same address as the previous building, but now there's a new facility on the property. There is free parking available in the Plaza Branch's parking garage. This branch is the first in the Library system to be designed and built in and for the 21st Century.

Reading area

The facility has wireless public computer access. In addition to using the Library's public PCs, customers with their own laptops will have online access anywhere in the Library. There are also designated children's and teen's service areas. One unique feature of the Plaza Branch is the unobstructed views of the Plaza retail district and of Brush Creek.

There are comfortable chairs and tables throughout the branch for customers to read, write, study or visit. Two meeting rooms are also available for community or neighborhood meetings. The Plaza Branch has particularly strong collections in children's resources, arts & crafts books, and business materials; it has large video, compact disc, and audio book collections.

Visitors to the Plaza Branch can stop by the café and order a hot latte, mocha, cappuccino, coffee or snack to enjoy while visiting the branch. Baristas is located in the entrance lobby of the branch. The café hours are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday.

• Read about the Plaza Branch's lobby sculpture, "Good As Gold" created by internationally known artist Donald Lipski