On March 13, 2000, the new, expanded Teen’Scape Department at the Central Library opened with great fanfare. (This replaced the smaller Teen’Scape Department that existed at Central from 1998-2000.) Attendees at the grand opening party included Anthony Stewart Head, who played Rupert Giles, the librarian on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and a teenage Joseph Gordon-Levitt, from the cast of 3rd Rock from the Sun. A headline in the next day’s L.A. Times referenced a description of the new high-tech space by architect Robert Coffee—MTV Meets L.A. Library.

An issue of the Archie comic, Betty, published in February 2001, features an educational class trip to Teen'Scape in Betty in Teen’Scape. Written by George Gladir, Betty in Teen’Scape shares equal billing with storylines in the issue that concern Betty Cooper’s love life. By the end of their field trip, Betty, Veronica, Archie, and the rest of the gang plan to take some of the teen-friendly design features they learn about from Teen’Scape back to the Riverdale Town Council, including semi-private study rooms, comfortable sofas and armchairs, shared computer work areas, and a big-screen TV. At the end of Betty in Teen’Scape, the Riverdale Town Council announces plans to open a new Teen Room at the Riverdale Public Library during a public hearing.

For additional reading, see, Teen’Scape: The Origin Story, and Teen’Scape Revisited: YA Library after Nearly Two Decades.