Turning away from Totem, Mr Monkey examined the point where the new extension, built between 2003 and 2007 as the Unlocking the Rylands project, connects to the original John Rylands Library, built between 1890 and 1899. He found it quite easy to tell the difference between the new bits and the old bits, and was glad the designers hadn't tried to make the new building a pastiche of the old.
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