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The Kent District Library is a public library system located in Kent County, Michigan.With twenty branch locations and an annual circulation of more than 8.2 million items (2016 circulation data), [1] the Kent District Library is one of the largest and busiest library systems in all of Michigan.
St. Louis: Mar 12, 1901: $1,000,000 1301 Olive St. Designed by Cass Gilbert and opened in 1912, renovated 2010–2012. 27: St. Louis Barr St. Louis: Mar 12, 1901 — 1701 S. Jefferson Ave. Continues to be used as a Public Library. (2013) 28: St. Louis Cabanne St. Louis: Mar 12, 1901 — 1106 Union Blvd. Continues to be used as a Public Library ...
The Central Library building at 13th and Olive was built in 1912 on a location formerly occupied by the St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall and was designed by Cass Gilbert. The main library for the city's public library system has an oval central pavilion surrounded by four light courts.
This building boom resulted in the construction of branches throughout the 523 square miles of the county. A tax levy passed in 1973 allowed the library to add 12 branches to the system, bringing the total number of branch locations to 20. [4] In 2020, St. Louis County Library announced that it will no longer charge fines on late materials.
The library is operated independently, and is a part of the Municipal Library Consortium of St. Louis County (MLC), which connects it to 8 other independently operated libraries in neighboring St. Louis County municipalities. It is a member of the Downtown Special Business District and the Kirkwood Des Peres Area Chamber of Commerce.
For example, Downtown St. Louis is generally thought to include the St. Louis Union Station and Enterprise Center, even though Downtown technically ends at Tucker Avenue (12th Street). Additionally, the Fox Theatre and Powell Symphony Hall are popularly considered a part of Midtown St. Louis even though they are in Grand Center.
Location Description 1: 1907 Dorris Motor Car Company Building ... St. Louis Place Historic District: August 31, 2011 ... Henry L. Wolfner Memorial Library for the ...
The streets of St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and the surrounding area of Greater St. Louis are under the jurisdiction of the City of St. Louis Street Department [citation needed]. According to the department's Streets Division, there are 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of streets and 600 miles (970 km) of alleys within the city.