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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 [3] 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]
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 ...
Designated LAHCM. June 7, 1983 [1] Vermont Square Branch Library is the oldest branch library in the Los Angeles Public Library system. Located about a mile southwest of the University of Southern California campus, in the Vermont Square district, it was built in 1913 with a grant from Andrew Carnegie. One of three surviving Carnegie libraries ...
The West Hollywood Library is a public library in West Hollywood, California, U.S.. It is a branch of LA County Library. Architectural significance. The 33,150-square-foot building was completed in 2011. It was designed by architects Steve Johnson and James Favaro, with murals by Shepard Fairey and Kenny Scharf.
The North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Library (also referred to as the Amelia Earhart Branch Library ), which was formerly known as the North Hollywood Branch Library, is a branch library in the Los Angeles Public Library system, located in the North Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California. It was built in 1930 based on a Mediterranean ...
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 ...