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The Seattle Central Library is the flagship library of the Seattle Public Library system. The 11-story (185 feet or 56.9 meters high) glass and steel building in the downtown core of Seattle , Washington was opened to the public on May 23, 2004.
Central Library, looking south on Fifth Avenue The Occidental Block in 1900; to its rear left is a corner of the Collins Block, still standing as of 2008. The Seattle Public Library (SPL) is the public library system serving the city of Seattle, Washington. Efforts to start a Seattle library had commenced as early as 1868, with the system ...
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The current Central Library is the third on the site, preceded by a Beaux-Arts Carnegie library (built 1904–1906, demolished 1957) designed by Peter J. Weber, a German-born architect from Chicago [215] [216] and an International Style replacement opened 1960, with Bindon & Wright as the primary architect and Decker Christenson & Kitchin as ...
Sustainable NE Seattle tool library PNA Tool Library Phinney Neighborhood Association tool library Harl V. Brackin Library Museum of Flight: museum [2] SE Seattle Tool Library non-profit organization Seattle Architecture Foundation Library Seattle Architecture Foundation: non-profit organization Seattle Children's Hospital Library and ...
Fountain of Wisdom is a fountain and sculpture by George Tsutakawa, installed out the Seattle Central Library, in the U.S. state of Washington. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] References
In 1998, Seattle voters approved the $196.4 million Libraries for All levy to remodel all existing libraries, build an additional five branches and build a new central library. [ 3 ] [ 7 ] [ 12 ] The architect firm Schacht-Aslani Architects produced different designs but focused on not overwhelming the existing library or its architecture.
The tract includes the original site of the University of Washington campus. In 1895 the university moved to its present site. [1] Initially, the University's new law school used one of the old university buildings, and the main, original building was leased first to Seattle Public Schools and then to the Seattle Public Library.