Location: 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Architecture: Beaux-Arts building designed by Julian Abele, an African American, who worked for Horance Trumbauer's architecture firm.
Opened: June 2, 1927
Ben Franklin Books: 1.5 shelves
SEPTA: Took the 33 bus home.
Have I Been Here Before? Yes
I chose to start my quest at the Central Library. To my knowledge, it is the largest library in the city and one of two libraries open on Sundays. I invited a friend and his daughter to join me, which gave me an excuse to hang out in the kids section where I saw this egregious typo.
Coming from homogeneous suburban libraries, I am always impressed by the diversity of books in different languages.
After my visit, I read an article that Alexander Calder's lost bicentennial banners were rediscovered and will be hung back up by summer. I definitely plan to check those out.
When I lived in Chinatown, I used to go to this library more frequently
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