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The Allegheny County Library Association (ACLA) is an organization based in Western Pennsylvania. Formed in 1991, as an effort to encourage county libraries to collaborate and share resources, ACLA became recognized as a non-profit in 1994.
United States historic place Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny U.S. National Register of Historic Places City of Pittsburgh Historic Structure Pittsburgh Landmark – PHLF Show map of Pittsburgh Show map of Pennsylvania Show map of the United States Location Allegheny Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Coordinates 40°27′11″N 80°0′19″W / 40.45306°N 80.00528°W / 40.45306 ...
The Southeast Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is located at 403 7th Street SE. [ 1 ]
The City of Pittsburgh was originally home to eight Carnegie libraries constructed at the turn of the twentieth century. In 1881, Andrew Carnegie offered a US$250,000 grant to the city for the construction of a public library on the condition that the city provided the land and annual funding for the maintenance of the property. [4]
[1] [2] DCLA's first president was Ainsworth Spofford who was also Librarian of Congress; most of DCLA's initial monthly meetings were held in the Library of Congress. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It changed its name to District of Columbia Library Association in March 1901 and became a chapter of the American Library Association on June 28, 1922.
The Lawrenceville Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, which is located at 279 Fisk Street in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, opened on May 10, 1898. Designed by the architectural firm Alden & Harlow , it was added to the List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations on July 28, 2004, [ 1 ] and the List ...
The West End Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, located at 47 Wabash Street in the West End neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, opened on January 31, 1899. It was originally commissioned as part of Andrew Carnegie's first grant to Pittsburgh and was the third library in the Pittsburgh city system to open, following the Main ...
The Pittsburgh City Paper is Pittsburgh's leading alternative weekly newspaper which focuses on local news, opinion, and arts and entertainment. It bought out In Pittsburgh Weekly in 2001. [ 1 ] As of April 2015, City Paper is the 14th largest (by circulation) alternative weekly in the United States.