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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.
Public library located in an old English stone church.
1980s film camera prints found in a bookcase cabinet cleanout. Digitally photocopied with an iPhone 6s. JPG image tweaked in Photoshop Elements with NIK Dfine, DxO ViewPoint, and Anthropics Smart Photo Editor plugins.
If you can answer the following questions and provide the following information you can be issued a library card for all of the libraries in Cambria County.
Date: 1982
Category: Library
Type: Image
Identifier: LP0963
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Central Library Manchester, 36 Manchester Street. Corner of Manchester and Allen Streets. Monday 20 January 2014.
File Reference: 2014-01-20-IMG_1668
Photo by Donna Robertson.
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
Everett Public Library, Main Branch, Everett, WA
Reprinted in the 15 September 2006 issue of Library Journal
Refer to the plan drawings at the end of the set to get a complete sense of the elegance of the form of the stair that John Portman Associates conceived for this building.
Tappe Architects (Library Architect)
Moseley Architects (Architect of Record)
John Portman Associates (Design Architect)
November 4, 2019 - Avalon Library Grand Re-Opening with County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisor Janice Hahn, 4th District. Avalon Library, part of LA County Library, is located on the island of Catalina. Photograph by Monica Almeida.
In 1998, the construction of the new Library Link facilitated the ease of navigation between the Fondren Library East and the Science Information Center. The library complex consisting of Fondren Library East, Fondren Library West and the Science Information Center is now known as the Central University Libraries.
Also houses the Laura Bush Promenade, a walkway and garden area outside the Fondren Library Center made possible by a $250,000 gift to SMU from President George W. Bush in honor of his wife Laura's contributions to the advancement of libraries and literacy.
Christina hosted a special slumber party just for girls! Movies, games, and all kinds of fun activities kept some of them up all night!
by Eun Young Yi architects
photographed by
Frank Dinger
BECOMING - office for visual communication
facebook: Becoming office for visual communication
Title: University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus: Jose M. Lazaro General Library
Other title: University of Puerto Rico General Library; Lazaro Library; Jose M. Lazaro Biblioteca
Creator: Klumb, Henry, 1905-1984
Creator role: Architect
Date: 1948
Current location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Description of work: Klumb worked between 1946 and 1966 as the university's only architect. The Rio Piedras and Mayaguez campuses of the University of Puerto Rico allowed Klumb to explore the possibilities of a social architecture adapted to the conditions of Puerto Rico. He set the standards and guidelines for architecture of open and flowing spaces. He also developed several architectural strategies to tone down natural light with the use of various designs for brise-soleils which provided light and shadow. He preferred to design his buildings to take advantage of the prevailing trade winds of the island. Klumb's buildings are all organized around open, democratic spaces accessible to all. (Source: Vivoni-Farage, Enrique. "Modern Puerto Rico and Henry Klumb." The Modernism Magazine, vol. 9, issue 33 2005 28-37.)
Description of view: Detail view of the south facade.
Work type: Architecture and Landscape
Style of work: Modern
Culture: Puerto Rican
Materials/Techniques: Trees
Concrete
Glass
Source: Pisciotta, Henry (copyright Henry Pisciotta)
Date photographed: May 14, 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: WB2010-0396 Biblioteca.JPG
Record ID: WB2010-0396
Sub collection: libraries
Copyright holder: Copyright Henry Pisciotta
The infamous ramp Haringey Council put in at Muswell Hill library for wheelchair users - but it had a step in it!
The herbarium building I work in is old, I call it 'living urbex'. Plans are made to renovate. In the coming months I will try to capture as much as possible of what is there....
today's lunch sketch of books and shelves in the library I work in. Supreme Court of Victoria, Melbourne .
see more library and book drawings at
210 S. 4th St.
State Register 8/8/2001, National Register 10/20/2001, 5LO.469
"The 1918 Sterling Public Library is associated with the nationwide public library movement sponsored by Andrew Carnegie. The dark brown and tan brick building was the town’s first public library and typifies the basic design standards first set forth by the Carnegie Corporation in 1911 for small community libraries funded by the company."--Description from the History Colorado website.
This summer we visited southern California. I didn't take many photos with my Nikon, opting instead to document this trip with my iPhone and my Instax.
Huntington Library was SO awesome.
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Further along Bloor, the blinking dot illustrates the GPS location of the mobile. Pushpin indicates the library.
Designed by John A.W. Grant, 1937-40. Sculpture over entrance by Pilkington Jackson. A 2-storey and attic, rectangular-plan inter-war modern library with corner tower; Art Nouveau and Art Deco details. Coursed sandstone ashlar; steel frame with reinforced concrete floors; rendered brick to rear. Cill course; deep cornice between 1st floor and attic; flat roof.
As English major, you can imagine it's hard to get rid of books. Somehow I whittled down my book library to three shelves.
Top shelf = Harry Potter, Narnia, various fiction, box of books to sell on half.com
Next row = OEDs, senior portfolio, notebooks, copies of my essays, teaching books, poetry, Norton Anthologies, a few books I plan to teach
Middle row = Knitting & crafting books, CRAFT magazine collection, various knitting magazines, ReadyMade collection, box of stationery, stamp making supplies, box of sewing accessories
4th Row: CDs & Dremmel
5th Row: DVDs