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The New York Public Library's Main Branch measures 390 feet (120 m) on its north–south axis by 270 feet (82 m) on its west–east axis. [45] [63] [145] The library is located on the east side of the block bounded by Fifth Avenue on the east, 40th Street on the south, Sixth Avenue on the west, and 42nd Street on the north. [197]
Library Square may refer to: Salt Lake City Public Library , with an outside plaza called Library Square, Utah, United States Vancouver Library Square , a city block, including the central library branch, in downtown Vancouver, Canada
The Jefferson Market Branch of the New York Public Library, once known as the Jefferson Market Courthouse, is a National Historic Landmark located at 425 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), on the southwest corner of West 10th Street, in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, on a triangular plot formed by Greenwich Avenue and West 10th Street.
The historic Central Library Goodhue building was constructed in 1925 and is a Downtown Los Angeles landmark. [5] The Central Library was designed by the architect Bertram Goodhue. [6] The Richard J. Riordan Central Library complex is the third largest public library in the United States in terms of book and periodical holdings.
Lafayette Square (formerly Court House Park or Courthouse Square [1]) is a park in the center of downtown Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States, that hosts a Civil War monument. The block, which was once square, is lined by many of the city's tallest buildings. The square was named for General Lafayette, who visited Buffalo in 1825. [1]
At over 376,000 square feet (34,900 m 2) and with six floors above ground and one below, the new library is more than twice as big as the building it replaced. The new library includes over 300 computer terminals, room for 1100 laptops, and a new wing for children. The city spent $104.5 million on the new library. [4]
Boston Public Library has two digital partners-in-residence at the Central Library in Copley Square. The first is Internet Archive , a nonprofit digital library that offers permanent access to historical collections in digital format for researchers, historians, and the general public.
The Salt Lake City main library covers an area of 240,000 square feet (22,000 m 2) in a five-story tall, wedge-shaped building. [10] The structure includes 44,960 cubic yards (34,370 m 3 ) of concrete, and 176,368 square feet (16,385.1 m 2 ) of glass, including a five-story curved glass outer wall.