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Seattle Public Library, Northgate Branch. See blog for more sketches: tina-koyama.blogspot.com/2013/01/northgate-branch-library... (Lamy fountain pen, Lamy black ink cartridge, Zig markers, Stillman & Birn sketchbook)
Dr. William Johnson, from the Galveston County Extension visited the library and brought some bug slides to show the kids!
In 1848 Warrington had the proud distinction of becoming the first town in the United Kingdom to open a rate-supported public library. It was born from a long-established private subscription library that had been operating in Warrington since 1760 from the Horsemarket Street premises of the printer William Eyres.
By the mid-1880s, Warrington’s municipal library – by now housed in [these] purpose-built premises in Museum Street, the foundation stone of which was laid by William Beamont in front of a massive crowd – boasted over 20,000 books and was thought to be the largest of any town in England based on the number of books per head of population.
Hanger Squares Square Dance Club will provide a dance exhibition at the Friendswood Public Library this Wednesday, January 16 at 7pm. Program is free and for all ages. Square Dancing is easy to learn, good physical and mental exercise and just plain fun!
Our Daily Challenge group has chosen Library as today's topic.
The hereios of the We're Here! group have paid a visit to the just one word group today at the suggestion of ruthlesscrab
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Central Library Manchester, 36 Manchester Street. Corner of Manchester and Allen Streets. Friday 17 January 2014.
File Reference: 2014-01-17-IMG_1588
Photo by Donna Robertson.
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
Date: 1968
Category: Library
Type: Image
Identifier: LP2342
Source: South Pasadena Public Library
Owner: South Pasadena Public Library
Previous Identifier: N/A
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A woman smiles to herself as she reads from a large hardcover book while standing among the stacks at the Beaverton City Library.
Title: Low Library
Other title: Low Memorial Library
Creator: McKim, Mead & White
Creator role: Architect
Date: 1894-1897
Current location: New York City, New York, United States
Description of work: Low's general architectural style is based on the Pantheon in Rome and the Parthenon in Greece. Designed in the form of a Greek cross, it is crowned by the largest all-granite dome in North America (105 feet high and 70 feet across). The interior of the building consists of Irish, Italian and Istrian marble. The columns that separate the rotunda from the corridor are of solid green marble brought from Ireland. In the entranceway stands a white marble bust of Pallas Athene (Athena), which was modeled after the Minerve du Collier in the Louvre. The twelve signs of the zodiac, which represent knowledge, surround her. Bronze busts of Zeus and Apollo flank the entrance. (Low Memorial Library www.gs.columbia.edu/kevinmap/lowmemorial.htm accessed 05/24/2007)
Description of view: Front entrance to the library.
Work type: Architecture and Landscape
Style of work: Modern; Revival: Greek Revival
Culture: American
Materials/Techniques: Stone
Masonry
Source: Catchen, Gary (copyright Gary Catchen)
Resource type: Image
File format: JPEG
Image size: 1279H X 1800W 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: WB2007-0490 low library.jpg
Record ID: WB2007-0490
Sub collection: libraries
Copyight holder: Copyright Gary Catchen
The Ikenberry Commons Library, with student artwork displayed.
Photo taken on 18 Dec, 2013 by C.E. Crane.
County Library, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Architect not found, but plainly the work of the Johns, Slater Haward partnership; or, if not, a remarkably well-observed copy of their house style of the late 1950s. It bears a strong resemblance to their Sprites Schools, Ipswich, completed in 1960. Outside, triangular groups of wooden and metal rectangular frames fill to lift the geometric roofs. Internally, a typical JSH motif, the jolly wooden framing in the shape of a ship's hull. The pendulous lights may well be original.
All that is missing are the cheerful Bernard Reynolds sculptures that were often integrated into the structure of their buildings at this time. However, the concrete trellis forming the porch adds the required jaunty touch.
This is Jeopardy! The Tweens and the Young Adults got to test their knowledge in a game of Jeopardy. The questions were pulled from real editions of Jeopardy for kids.
Vertical panorama of the 5th Avenue side of the Seattle Public Library. Four pictures stitched together.
Title/View: Warsaw University Library: exterior view of main entrance from the south
Title: Warsaw University Library
Other title: Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawie; BUW
Creator: Budzynski, Marek; Badowski, Zbigniew
Creator role: Architect
Creator 2: Bajerska, Irena
Creator 2 role: Landscape architect
Date: 1994-2002
Current location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Description of work: Located between the Vistula River and the Warsaw Escarpment on a culturally and ecologically significant site, the library's design is based on a "city in the woods" concept and was the winning entry of the 1993 design competition for the building. The library is built within the existing topography of the landscape (two levels below grade and two levels above grade) and is constructed of reinforced concrete, steel, glass, and pre-patinated copper. The building's 5,000 square meter green roof is watered by a stormwater irrigation system and contains four thematic gardens, each of which is surrounded by massive skylights and connected by steel bridges. The roof gardens provide expansive views of the city and are integrated into the adjacent University Public Garden by grand staircases and linear water channels. "The library's interior is divided both functionally and physically by a glass enclosed street arcade, which serves to separate and connect the library stacks andleased commercial space.The copper facade along Dobra Street displays eight [4x7 meter] copper tablets containing six different alphabets, mathematical and chemical equations and musical and literary concepts." (Sources: Linke, Lybra, "University Gardens, Warsaw" Topos. Jan. 2005, vol. 51, pp 98-102; Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawie. www.buw.uw.edu.pl/en/index.php?option=com_content&tas... Accessed 6/1/16.
Description of view: Looking between the metal structure and ivy-covered building to the main entrance beyond. Bicycles are parked in front of this south entrance to the library.
Work type: Architecture and Landscape
Style of work: Contemporary: Postmodern
Culture: Polish
Materials/Techniques: Metal
Glass
Plants
Source: Pisciotta, Henry (copyright Henry Pisciotta)
Date photographed: May 2011
Resource type: Image
File format: JPEG
Image size: 3648H X 2736W pixels
Permitted uses: This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses are not permitted.
Collection: Worldwide Building and Landscape Pictures
Filename: WB2014-0294 Library.jpg
Record ID: WB2014-0294
Sub collection: libraries
campuses
Copyright holder: Copyright Henry Pisciotta
The recently completed Sahuarita Library of the Pima County Library system, located at 670 W. Sahuarita Rd. in Sahuarita, AZ opened its doors on September 7, 2021.
News release: www.library.pima.gov/news/the-new-sahuarita-library-to-op...
Photos taken August 11, 2021
Please credit Pima County Communications
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States. Founded after the American Revolution as the seat of government of the newly independent country, Washington was named after George Washington, first President of the United States and Founding Father. As the seat of the United States federal government and several international organizations, Washington is an important world political capital. The city is also one of the most visited cities in the world, with more than 20 million tourists annually.
The signing of the Residence Act on July 16, 1790, approved the creation of a capital district located along the Potomac River on the country's East Coast. The U.S. Constitution provided for a federal district under the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress, and the District is therefore not a part of any state. The states of Maryland and Virginia each donated land to form the federal district, which included the pre-existing settlements of Georgetown and Alexandria. The City of Washington was founded in 1791 to serve as the new national capital. In 1846, Congress returned the land originally ceded by Virginia; in 1871, it created a single municipal government for the remaining portion of the District.
Washington had an estimated population of 702,455 as of July 2018, making it the 20th most populous city in the United States. Commuters from the surrounding Maryland and Virginia suburbs raise the city's daytime population to more than one million during the workweek. Washington's metropolitan area, the country's sixth largest, had a 2017 estimated population of 6.2 million residents.
All three branches of the U.S. federal government are centered in the District: Congress (legislative), president (executive), and the U.S. Supreme Court (judicial). Washington is home to many national monuments, and museums, primarily situated on or around the National Mall. The city hosts 177 foreign embassies as well as the headquarters of many international organizations, trade unions, non-profit, lobbying groups, and professional associations, including the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organization of American States, AARP, the National Geographic Society, the Human Rights Campaign, the International Finance Corporation, and the American Red Cross.
A locally elected mayor and a 13‑member council have governed the District since 1973. However, Congress maintains supreme authority over the city and may overturn local laws. D.C. residents elect a non-voting, at-large congressional delegate to the House of Representatives, but the District has no representation in the Senate. The District receives three electoral votes in presidential elections as permitted by the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1961.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the de facto national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. The Library is housed in three buildings on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.; it also maintains the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper, Virginia. The Library's functions are overseen by the Librarian of Congress, and its buildings are maintained by the Architect of the Capitol. The Encyclopedia Britannica describes the Library of Congress as the largest library in the world, and the library describes itself as such. Its "collections are universal, not limited by subject, format, or national boundary, and include research materials from all parts of the world and in more than 450 languages."
The Library of Congress moved to Washington in 1800 after sitting for 11 years in the temporary national capitals in New York City and Philadelphia. The small Congressional Library was housed in the United States Capitol for most of the 19th century until the early 1890s. Most of the original collection had been destroyed by the British in 1814 during the War of 1812, and the library sought to restore its collection in 1815. They bought Thomas Jefferson's entire personal collection of 6,487 books. After a period of slow growth, another fire struck the Library in its Capitol chambers in 1851, again destroying a large amount of the collection, including many of Jefferson's books. After the American Civil War, the Library of Congress grew rapidly in both size and importance, which sparked a campaign to purchase replacement copies for volumes that had been burned. The Library received the right of transference of all copyrighted works to deposit two copies of books, maps, illustrations, and diagrams printed in the United States. It also began to build its collections, and its development culminated between 1888 and 1894 with the construction of a separate, extensive library building across the street from the Capitol.
The Library's primary mission is to research inquiries made by members of Congress, carried out through the Congressional Research Service. The Library is open to the public, although only high-ranking government officials and Library employees may check out books and materials.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Building
The oldest of the four United States Library of Congress buildings, the Thomas Jefferson Building was built between 1890 and 1897. It was originally known as the Library of Congress Building and is located on First Street SE, between Independence Avenue and East Capitol Street in Washington, D.C. The Beaux-Arts style building is known for its classicizing facade and elaborately decorated interior. Its design and construction has a tortuous history; the building's main architect was Paul J. Pelz, initially in partnership with John L. Smithmeyer, and succeeded by Edward Pearce Casey during the last few years of construction. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
Architectural features include massive cement walls, a Quonset style corrugated metal roof, and bright yellow shelving with red accents. A yellow brick road in the lobby directs patrons to the checkout stations. Xeriscaped landscaping with desert plants.
William Bruder
Artist and architect Will Bruder's association with the Cosanti Foundation dates back to the early workshops with Paolo Soleri held at Cosanti. He joined the Foundation's board of directors in 1995. Bruder earned a bachelors of arts degree in sculpture from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and is a self-trained architect who studied with Paolo Soleri, William Wenzel and Gunnar Birkets. Since opening his private design studio in 1974, he has had a distinguished career in architecture with over 350 commissions and over 400 articles published about his work.
The recently completed Sahuarita Library of the Pima County Library system, located at 670 W. Sahuarita Rd. in Sahuarita, AZ opened its doors on September 7, 2021.
News release: www.library.pima.gov/news/the-new-sahuarita-library-to-op...
Photos taken August 11, 2021
Please credit Pima County Communications
Cracking the Code was an event at Clapham Library on 1 March 2016 to share and showcase learning and digital literacy activities in public libraries - find out more at www.goscl.com/codegreen
Parts of the New York Public Library have been released from scaffolding after restoration, letting me see things I never knew was there. This is the north edge top visible along Fifth Avenue, and I think this is "Life" by George Grey Barnard.
You might notice a fine mesh over it. I'm wondering if it might be there permanently to save them from pigeons, but I'm not sure.
Located in the heart of Govans just off York Road near Govans Elementary School, just two blocks from the famous Senator Theater and busy Belvedere Square, the Govans Branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library serves the communities of North Central Baltimore including Govans, Belvedere, Homeland, and Radnor- Winston.
Steampunk runway, Saturday 2 August 2014. South Library. File Reference: 2014-08-02IMG_1088
Photo by Rachel Huston.
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
The "corridors" in the library made by the shelves are really narrow. Not to mention frightening. There seems to be light at the end of this tunnel though.
Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library, completed in 1941 at Flatbush Avenue and Eastern Parkway contains more than million cataloged books, magazines, and multimedia materials.