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Coimbra library ceiling .
The reason that the ceiling looks pristine is that the library is unlit, no light is permitted so no flash on the camera also no noise so no shutter, but my camera has an e-shutter and I cradled it upwards and pressed the shutter. The library is kept in near darkness to preserve the books some of which are centuries old i.e. over 500 years. Also you have limited time inside to limit the humidity from your breath, so if you visit be aware of the limitations that you will face.
The 17th of July 2014 was the 80 year anniversary of the official opening of Central Library by King George V.
To celebrate we have a lovely birthday cake and biscuits and had some of our archive collection related to the official opening available on our handling table.
Year 8 students from Our Lady's RC High School in Blackley even sang Happy Birthday!
As a reward for reading during the Summer, the library has a special event for the kids at the city pool with swimming and hot dogs!
As a reward for reading during the Summer, the library has a special event for the kids at the city pool with swimming and hot dogs!
This is a photo of the Millstein Division of US History, Local History and Genealogy. It is currently also serving as the Map Room.
My son got his own library card! He's a regular library goer and just had this conversation with his dad a while ago:
Son: Let's go to the library!
Dad: No, we're going home now.
Son: We live in a library!
Nice try, kid! :D
This time he wanted to borrow one of those Bob the Builder dvd's. It's Puuha Pete in Finnish.
{Monday, 2 May 2011 -- 122:365}
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Lacking time and energy at the moment. Will catch up with everyone as soon I can.
Title : Denver Central Library
Other title : Denver Public Library; Central Library
Creator : Michael Graves Architect; Klipp Colussy Jenks Dubois Architects; Hoyt, Burnham F., 1887-1967
Creator role : Architect
Date : 1956 (original stucture) 1995 (addition)
Current location : Denver, Colorado, United States
Description of work : Denver Central Library, the eighth largest library in the U.S., is located on Civic Center Park between the city's art museum and history museum in the Civic Center Cultural Complex. In 1995 a renovation of the existing 133,000-square-foot library, designed by Burnham Hoyt and completed in 1956, added an expansion of 405,000 square feet. The scale and coloration of the expansion, as well as the individualized massing of its components, allow the original library to maintain its own identity as one element of a larger composition. Two public entrances establish an east-west axis through the Great Hall, a three-story vaulted public room of urban scale, which is the focal point for visitor orientation and circulation. The south-facing rotunda contains specialized functional areas such as the reference room and periodicals center, with the Western History Reading Room above. (Source: Michael Graves, www.michaelgraves.com/files/arch/pdf/denver.pdf, Accessed 2/21/10)
Description of view : View of the east facade looking toward the southwest from across Broadway Street. The original library building is to the right. The North Building of the Denver Art Museum is also in distant view to the west.
Inscription : Inscribed above east entrace: THE DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY
Work type : Architecture and Landscape
Style of work : Modern: Classicism; Contemporary: Postmodern
Culture : American
Materials/Techniques : Stone
Concrete
Glass
Metal
Source : Pisciotta, Henry
Date photographed : April 2008
Resource type : Image
File format : JPEG
Image size : 2304H X 3072W pixels
Permitted uses : This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses are not permitted. For additional details see: alias.libraries.psu.edu/vius/copyright/publicrightsarch.htm
Collection : Worldwide Building and Landscape Pictures
Filename : WB2009-0364 DCLExterior.JPG
Record ID : WB2009-0364
Sub collection : libraries
streets
walkways
museums
Copyright holder : Copyright Henry Pisciotta
Music Librarian Brad Short shows off items from Gaylord Music Library's special collections.
Photo credit: Evie Hemphill/Washington University Libraries
Local Accession Number: 06_11_002018
Title: Library building
Statement of responsibility: Geo. H. Hastings, Photographist, Brown's Block, Main Street. St. Johnsbury, VT
Creator/Contributor: Hastings, George H. (photographer)
Genre: Stereographs; Photographic prints
Date issued: 1850-1920 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph ; 9 x 18 cm.
General notes: Title from handwritten text on verso.
Date notes: Date supplied by cataloger.
Subjects: Libraries; Children; Yards
Collection: Stereographs
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Shelf locator: Vermont
Rights: No known copyright restrictions.
The restored library in the newly reopened Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. My Favourite Museum! Full story on my site at ndepree.com/photoblave/2013/11/4/amsterdam-rijksmuseum-re...
The performers from A. A. Gymnastics visited the library and put on a demonstration for the kids with exciting leaps, flips and tumbles.
This wonderful library is important for its rich, historical collections and for the remarkable, innovative building, which was designed by Henri Labrouste from 1842-50.
Read more about the library here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioth%C3%A8que_Sainte-Genevi%C3%...
Music Librarian Brad Short shows off items from Gaylord Music Library's special collections.
Photo credit: Washington University Libraries