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There's nothing like a guided tour to open one's eyes. I'd heard of the Portico Library, but didn't know where it was. But that's partly because the downstairs frontage in Mosley Street is a pub. The entrance is in Charlotte Street.
Opened in 1806, their web site says: "Leading exponent of the classical revival and architect of the earlier Liverpool Lyceum, Thomas Harrison was chosen to design the building. Builders David Bellhouse and Sons realised Harrison’s plans and delivered the resulting building for £6,881 5s. 3d."
Up a few flights of narrow stairs is this imposing reading room and exhibition space. Unfortunately the exhibition currently on prevented my showing the whole expanse of the interior. But see their web site for more details - and if you are local - visit and support it!
Opened by Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl shot by the Taliban. on the 3rd Sep 2013 ... The £189m Library of Birmingham, which houses one million books and is the largest library in Europe the was Francine Houben
Daniel Clarke (1827-1918) - Tower Hill, 1867. Near Warrnambool and declared a National Park in 1892 : detail
I'm taking this rural sociology class that meets in the Ag Admin building - which is a super old school academic building. It has a cute little library.
The distinctive frontage of the Library of Birmgham, which opened in 2013. It was designed by Francine Houben.
Mendocino Community Library. The small victorian house, its many books and an endowment were left to Mendocino by 2 beloved local women 20-some years ago. It thrives with an all-volunteer staff and a nice budget for new books. Four times a year all are invited to donate books for book sales which augment the funds. Work is still done by hand. I heard today that digital checkout of books is on its way.
For Our Daily Challenge topic - 'Desk.'
The Library's mission is to support the Congress in fulfilling its constitutional duties and to further the progress of knowledge and creativity for the benefit of the American people. LOC.gov
William Henry Playfair, 1830. A 2-storey and basement, Tudor collegiate, purpose-built advocates' library and associated rooms. Excellent decorative scheme with many original features. Library with exceptional deep square-coffered ceiling with central pendants. Deep decorative plaster cornice with patera design. Timber bookcases and shelving. Some moulded stone and marble fire surrounds.
The Advocates Library, founded in 1689, is widely regarded as the finest working law library in the UK. It has an exceptionally fine decorative interior by the renowned architect W H Playfair and an unusual Tudor collegiate bay-windowed façade to the North. The Advocates Library building forms an important part of the extensive and significant 19th century improvements to the Judicial buildings of Edinburgh in Parliament Square. The Advocates Library is also of historic importance as it was the forerunner to the National Library of Scotland.
W H Playfair was an renowned and eminent architect and a leading figure in Edinburgh's Enlightenment. An expert exponent of the Greek Revival style, his buildings helped to create the Enlightenment character of Edinburgh.
Close up of some of the lights in the Dome Reading room at the State Library of Victoria (SLV). The Libraries in Victoria are running a #LibrariesChangeLives campaign at the moment asking for testimonials of how using a library has changed your life. librarieschangelives.org.au/
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
-- Groucho Marx (who else?)
Viagem para Londres para premiacao Financial Times - Boldness in Business, onde a boo-box foi finalista na categoria Developing Markets.
Turku Main Library is the chief branch of Turku City Library, located in the city centre of Turku, Finland.
The Turku Main Library 2,900 m² old building is a Dutch late Renaissance style building, constructed in 1903, built and delivered by Turku commercial counsellor Fredric von Rettig and designed by Karl August Wrede. The designe was based on a Swedish House of Nobility in Stockholm. The first floor was a national library for the working class and the second was the city library for academics. These two libraries merged in 1912 to become Turku City Library.
This library at the time was the third in Finland. Before there was a library in Turku, the only places to get books from a building was in Helsinki and Rauma.