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The Nottingham Subscription Library was founded on 1 April 1816 at Carlton Street, in the Hockley area of the city. [8] [9] In April 1820, Bromley House was offered for sale by auction and purchased by the library for £2,750 (equivalent to £277,657 in 2023). [10] The library moved in during 1821. [11]
The Chicago Sun-Times editorial board and Cindy Pritzker, then President of the Library Board, launched a grassroots campaign to build a new state-of-the-art central library. On July 29, 1987, Mayor Harold Washington and the Chicago City Council authorized a design and construction competition for a new, one-and-a-half block $144 million ...
The original Carnegie library site currently serves as the Library's parking lot and Pollinator Garden. The concrete "Public Library" sign from the Carnegie library has been installed in the garden. 9: Carmi Carmi: Jan 14, 1914: $10,000 203 N. Church St. Now a genealogy library 10: Carrollton Carrollton: Oct 3, 1901: $10,000 509 S. Main St. 11 ...
The Bromley Borough Libraries Service consists the libraries service for the London Borough of Bromley. The service consists of 14 [ 1 ] public libraries , currently operated by social non-profit Greenwich Leisure Limited under their trademark Better, who also manage the volunteer-run home libraries service.
The Chicago Cultural Center underwent an extensive [4] renovation during 2021–2022 [5] with the goal of unearthing the original beauty of the building. The detailed restoration of the art glass dome and decorative finishes in the Grand Army of the Republic rooms, a Civil War memorial, was made possible by a grant of services valued at over $15 million to the City of Chicago.
On June 3, 2019, it was announced that a $5 million grant had been issued to the city of Chicago by the MacArthur Foundation for plans to build the new Chicago Public Library branch at the site of the proposed Obama Presidential Center. [94] Construction began in August 2021. [1]
The Chicago Public Library removed the Legler Library's status as a regional library in 1977, at a time when circulation was dropping at the library. [4] The branch was rededicated in 1993 following a renovation. [2] The library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 6, 1986. [1]
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