Pleasant Grove Branch Library — Attraction in Dallas

The Pleasant Grove branch is located 3/4 mile west of S. Buckner Blvd. on Lake June Rd., about halfway between 175 and Buckner.

The library is large and very well signed so there's no chance of missing it. The library faces away from the street so the front entrance opens to the expansive back parking lot.

The library has a pretty impressive foyer with a vaulted ceiling, lots of light & space, and some nice colorful tile artwork as you enter the building. Two large meeting rooms ahead and to the right (The larger holds 200+); the library proper to your left.

As I entered, my first impression was of space. Wasted space, actually. There's a good 25' of open carpet before the computer workstations begin; 21 full use PCs, two more reserved for job hunting.

The adult book section is fair sized, but the availability of adult fiction books is not proportionate to the building size. A lot of the shelves look half empty. Hopefully this is a sign of room for expansion, not a sign of contraction.

The Patterson factor is 75. That's the number of books by James Patterson the library had checked in. (Yes I counted.) For comparison there were only 1 ea. by award winning, best selling authors William Gibson and Neal Stephenson. This frustrates me. Variety!

There's quite a bit of hang out room with lots of comfy chairs and some tables to sit at. The reading area is next to the children's area so it can get a bit loud.

There are two nice (but purposefully isolated i.e. quiet) study rooms, each holds up to eight people.

The bathrooms are comfortably expansive, super clean and well supplied. They even have an interesting tile pattern.

Overall a very good library in the DPL system. It's even worth the trip if you live outside of...

I assume this library is for the Spanish community only. Everything is in Spanish. The board outside reflects mostly Spanish. Why is everything not in English and Spanish. If that is what you are displaying? This is just crazy to me. Upon arrival I thought the library was beautiful. The kids play area is the wow factor. While getting ready to leave, Alex the young man in the front decided to approach my two year toddler and force him to leave a toy he had gotten. Lol! Alex, my son came in with two trucks, had anyone in the front greeted us when we came in, you would’ve noticed. While you were straightening up the kids area you seem frustrated that a two was pulling back out the toys. Is that not what kids do? Is that not what toys are for? Why do you have a play area? Or could it have been because he was not Hispanic? What a shame to display this type of behavior. In the future Alex, please address the parent and not a toddler. You should be terminated. At this point, I’m not sure if I feel comfortable visiting this library any more. I’m so...

I cam here to help my nephew with his homework and after I began playing chess by myself and I had a great conversation with Jeremy the attendant at the front desk about chess and he is a great guy and was a great help. He directed me to Ms Courtney the head librarian about starting a chess program. She gave me wonderful information on what we can do and she also said she plays chess as well which had me on edge lol. At the end of it all things were awesome here and I recommend to all that u visit this place and if u do visit for chess tell them the chess player...