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The DC Council routinely has Performance Oversight and Budget hearings for the D.C. libraries annually. The DCPL has its own small police force, the District of Columbia Public Library Police. The Library Police's duties and mission is similar to District of Columbia Protective Services Division: to protect government property, staff, and the ...
A small library kiosk opened in the area in 1976, and a somewhat larger facility opened in 1984, [2] which was eventually replaced in 2009 by a new $878,000 library facility. [ 3 ] The notably small 4,900-square-foot library is located in a leased space in the Shops at Parkland strip mall .
In 1986, the library was named for Francis A. Gregory, a local public servant who had been the first black president of the DC Public Library Board of Trustees. [ 1 ] The new Francis A. Gregory Library was described in Architectural Record as a “shimmering pavilion.” [ 2 ] The building is a two-story, glass-sheathed box with an aluminum ...
The Capitol View Neighborhood Library is part of the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) System. It was opened to the public on January 23, 1965, after 10 years of advocacy by the Capitol View community. A 2018 renovation introduced a new facade, an updated plaza, and the new sculpture "Freedom to Read."
The Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration (ABCA) is an independent adjudicatory body of the District of Columbia, in the United States.It was formerly known by other names, including Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration.
The Northwest One development project produced a state‐of‐the‐art facility including a Preschool‐8th grade school, a public library and a technology center. [3] The neighborhood had previously been served by a kiosk library until it was closed in 2008.
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The building was renamed by the DC Council after it was rebuilt on the original site in 2012. [2] Designed by David Adjaye, the new Bellevue/William O. Lockridge Neighborhood Library was described in Architectural Record as "more like a Brutalist treehouse than the glimmering pavilion that is the Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library."