Inside Irvine’s plans for a new library in the Great Park

Inside Irvine’s plans for a new library in the Great Park

By Jessica Benda Contributing Writer As Irvine sketches the details of a massive Great Park expansion, it’s turning the page to a long-envisioned library. The library is under the umbrella of the Great Park Framework Plan, a sprawling recreational blueprint that the City Council approved last summer. The project area spans 1,300 acres of proposed botanical gardens, meadows and infrastructure — and a new library to be included in Phase 1 of the p…