you notice that the name of this branch is the richmond milton marks branch. that again is because of an incredible family. and because of the constant giving and jen yossity of this family in so many ways to san francisco and to the richmond district. so i would like to ask caroline marks to come up and say a few words. thank you all. >> what a glorious day this is. for sfan and for our district, the richmond district of san francisco. this library. is a remark arble institution that bears the name of my husband who supportered libraries throughout his 38 years in the legislature and loved and read and learned and enjoyed from this particular branch. two of our grandchildren have taken out the first books, tcha are being circulated today. i think that's an honor. i thank you for buying leer today. because you love our libraries and our cities and you have supported the rehabilitation of the libraries with your contributions and any contributions as just mentioned are still very important. no matter how small and no matter how large, we will be grateful for th

we have none other than at the senator milton mark library staff. we will kick it off with their entertainment. give me a round of applause. they have worked very hard. [applause] >> is this thing on? [laughter] ♪ >> thank you. >> ♪ >> fabulous job. ladies and gentlemen, i would like to take a moment to acknowledge the elected officials here, the commissioners, department heads, and the wife of the late senator milton marks. we are very excited about this reopening. but i want to take a moment to talk about this project, representing the 10th project in the branch library improvement program. and this is the flagship, because it is the largest. it is ahead of schedule in terms of construction. it is finished, and the entire team will work on this. this is an amazing building. it opened in 1914. carnegie-area building, beautiful, but it needed work. it was paid for 1914 for $40,000. it has come a long way. it is accessible, with designated spaces for children, teenagers, wireless, computer technology, and an amazing collection of books, media, russia