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The Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) is a public library system in Los Angeles, California, operating separate from the Los Angeles County Public Library system.The system holds more than six million volumes, [3] and with around 19 million residents in the Greater Los Angeles area, it serves the largest metropolitan population of any public library system in the United States. [4]
LA County Library is one of the largest public library systems in the United States [3] which serves residents living in 49 of the 88 incorporated cities of Los Angeles County, California. United States, and those living in unincorporated areas resulting in a service area extending over 3,000 square miles (7,800 km 2 ). [ 4 ]
John C. Fremont Branch Library is a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library in Los Angeles, California. It is adjacent to the Hancock Park district. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was built in 1927 based on a Mediterranean Revival design by architect Merl L. Barker.
You can use your Los Angeles Public Library card to get free access to the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist and more.
Memorial Branch is a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library. It was built in 1930 based on a Gothic Revival design by architect John C. Austin, also noted as the lead architect of the Griffith Observatory and the Hollywood Masonic Temple. The library includes a large heraldic work of stained glass created by the artists at Judson Studios.
This is a list of public libraries in Los Angeles County, California: County of Los Angeles Public Library - 7.8 million items Los Angeles Public Library - 6.3 million items
In 1987, the Stevenson Branch and several other branch libraries in Los Angeles were added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of a thematic group submission. [3] The application noted that the branch libraries had been constructed in a variety of period revival styles to house the initial branch library system of the City of ...
The restored and updated "New" Van Nuys branch library is again the Los Angeles Public Library branch for Van Nuys, in the expanded Van Nuys Government Center complex of public buildings that replaced the former Van Nuys Civic Center. [5] In January 2019, the "New" Van Nuys branch library closed again for renovations.