Porfirio Reyes runs a compacter, as the rebuilding of the Bayview Branch Library on the 5700 block of Third Street, in San Francisco, Ca., on Friday August 26, 2011, is well underway. The Library Commission decided last week to increase the project's budget from $11.8 million to $13.6 million, leading some to question whether the process' benefits outweigh the expense. Photo: Michael Macor, The Chronicle
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