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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]
LA County Library is one of the largest public library systems in the United States 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]
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]
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.
The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library ( Clark Library ), an affiliated library of the University of California, Los Angeles, holds rare books and manuscripts with particular strengths in English literature and history (1641–1800), Oscar Wilde and the fin de siècle, and fine press printing. It is located about 10 mi (16 km) southeast ...
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 ...
May 19, 1987. Designated LAHCM. June 3, 1983 [2] Lincoln Heights Branch Library is the second oldest branch library in the Los Angeles Public Library system. Located in the Lincoln Heights section of Los Angeles, California, it was built in the Classical Revival and Italian Renaissance Revival styles in 1916 with a grant from Andrew Carnegie.
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.