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The Long Beach Public Library (LBPL) is an American public library system located in Long Beach, California. Main Library A child reading a book inside the Main library. The Main Library's first building was funded by a $30,000 donation from Andrew Carnegie and $4,000 of city funds.
Calipatria, California. Location of Calipatria in Imperial County, California. / 33.12556°N 115.51417°W / 33.12556; -115.51417. Calipatria Post Office. Calipatria ( portmanteau of California and Patria, Spanish for "homeland") is a city in Imperial County, California. Calipatria is located 23 miles (37 km) north of El Centro. [4]
Palmdale is part of a twin-city complex with its northern neighbor Lancaster and together they are the principal cities within the Antelope Valley region and California's High Desert. Downtown Palmdale is located at 34°34′46″N 118°07′00″W / 34.57944°N 118.11667°W / 34.57944; -118.11667 , [26] at an elevation of 2,655 ...
On August 16, 1901, Andrew Carnegie granted Riverside $20,000 for a library building with a capacity of 20,000 volumes. Construction began in 1902, and the result was a Mission Revival building—the work of the architectural firm of Burnham and Blieser—on the northeast corner of Seventh and Orange streets. It opened to the public on 31 July ...
Website. www .epl .ca. The Edmonton Public Library (EPL) is a public library system in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Library cards are free to all Edmontonians; as part of its centennial in 2013, the Edmonton Public Library eliminated membership fees. [3] University of Alberta and MacEwan University students receive free access through ...
Julia Ideson Building in Downtown. The Houston Public Library system traces its founding to the creation of the second Houston Lyceum in 1854. [2] [3] The lyceum was preceded by a debating society, a special-interest mechanics' lyceum, and a circulating library. The lyceum's library eventually split into a separate institution at the end of the ...
Lancaster station (California) / 34.69667°N 118.13667°W / 34.69667; -118.13667. Lancaster station is owned by and located in the city of Lancaster, California. It serves as a transfer point for several public transportation bus routes as well as the final Metrolink train station on the Antelope Valley Line that originates 69 miles ...
In 2010, construction began on a new, $184.9 million, 366,673 square feet (34,065 square metres) [1] central city library at 330 Park Boulevard in downtown San Diego. After fifty years, the Central Library closed, permanently, on June 9, 2013, commencing the 10-week process of transferring its 2.6-million-item collection to the new location. [2]