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The Los Angeles Public Library system (LAPL) is a public library system in Los Angeles, California. 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]
Richard J. Riordan Central Library, also known as the Los Angeles Central Library, is the main branch of the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL), in Downtown Los Angeles. It is named after Mayor of Los Angeles Richard Riordan . It consists of two buildings: the Goodhue Building and the Tom Bradley addition, from 1925 and 1993, respectively. [3]
Designated LAHCM. June 27, 1986. 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. In 1987, the Fremont Branch and several other branch ...
Cahuenga Branch is the third oldest branch library facility in the Los Angeles Public Library system. Located at 4591 Santa Monica Boulevard in the East Hollywood section of Los Angeles, it was built in 1916 with a grant from Andrew Carnegie. One of three surviving Carnegie libraries in Los Angeles, it has been designated as a Historic-Cultural ...
County of Los Angeles Public Library - 7.8 million items. Los Angeles Public Library - 6.3 million items. Alhambra Civic Center Library. Altadena Library District. Arcadia Public Library. Azusa City Library. Beverly Hills Public Library. Burbank Public Library. Cerritos Millennium Library.
Robert Louis Stevenson Branch Library. / 34.02778°N 118.19722°W / 34.02778; -118.19722. Robert Louis Stevenson Branch Library is a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library located in the Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles, California. It was built in 1927 based on a Spanish Colonial Revival design by architect George L. Lindsay.
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 ...
May 19, 1987. Designated LAHCM. 1989-02-01 [2] Wilshire Branch Library, a branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, is a captivating piece of history nestled in the Mid-Wilshire section of Los Angeles, California. Constructed in 1926, this architectural gem was designed by the renowned architect Allen Ruoff, drawing inspiration from the Italian ...