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In 1987, the Richard Henry Dana 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. [2] 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 ...
The building was also headquarters for the Los Angeles Public Library's bookmobile service. [2] It was temporarily closed and surrounded by a chain-link fence in 2005, and in 2007 the city announced plans to auction off the building. [ 4 ]
Malabar Branch Library is a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library located in the Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles, California. The Malabar Branch began in 1914 as a book depository in a Sunday school room at the Brooklyn Heights Methodist Church on the corner of Evergreen Avenue and Malabar Street.
In 1911, the Los Angeles Public Library received a $210,000 donation from Andrew Carnegie to build six new branch libraries, including the Lincoln Heights Branch. Plans for the new branch in Lincoln Heights were approved in 1915, with a design by Lester H. Hibbard and H.B. Cody. Hibbard and Cody based the design on the Italian Renaissance Villa ...
Funding from the City of Los Angeles Community Development Department was used by Martinez-Hirsch Associates to design and lead the renovation and expansion of the damaged building. [8] Although the library officials expected to be at the temporary location for many years, the library was re-opened on July 3, 1991.
Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times features columnist, partakes in an immersive, game-like experience at the Atwater Village branch library in Los Angeles. The project, called the Bureau of Nooks and ...
The building was built in 1915 as a Carnegie library, named the Eagle Rock Carnegie Library. [3] The city of Eagle Rock was annexed to Los Angeles in 1923. The library was rebuilt in 1927, [3] and became the Eagle Rock Branch Library in the Los Angeles Public Library system. The library was closed in 1981 when a larger, accessible facility opened.
A former high-ranking Los Angeles Building and Safety official who claimed he was fired after alleging fraudulent billing and other wrongdoing will receive a $3-million settlement from the city.