Complex sentence: A year later the library lost nearly 28,000 books to the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, but was rebuilt in Ookayama, Meguro, making its size 862 m 2.
Split into simpler sentences: A year later the library lost nearly 28,000 books to the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923. It was rebuilt in Ookayama, Meguro, making its size 862 m 2.