sentences:  This was done with the hope that it would be more convenient for people working downtown to visit the library.In 1961, the library was no longer seen as an adequate facility for the growing city of Tampa.As evidenced in an article by the "Tampa Tribune" in 1961, the library was discussed as being inadequate in space—designated to serve a community of 52,000 people, 274,407 people, with no additions to the building after its construction in 1915.