A beautiful library with a wealth of resources for Chicago. I love the winter garden, it's a lovely space. The building has free programs, workshops, demos, visual arts, and wi-fi. You must also vi...
This is a very interestingly designed local library. While it looks much older, it is quite new. They have all the basic options as a library should, with a metropolitan design.
I love libraries, and this is worth a trip to see the exterior of the building with the owl cornices. There's also a train stop that will bring you right there. On the 9th floor, there's a beautiful o...
Great building with art and atrium space on top floor
I love architecture and this library built in the 90s has some really nice details. I just happened to walk through out of curiosity on my way to the Monadnok Building. There is a Jacob Lawrence mos...
The building maybe beautiful on the outside, but inside is a different story. Yes there are books here, but this really isn’t a library. There are scores of homeless people here; people listening to m...
At the Harold Washington Library Center visitors will find 756,000 square feet and 10 different levels. The Harold Washington Library Center was built in 1987. Its impressive collection of books is housed in a building of old-world architecture. A rooftop winter garden provides a nice retreat from the 13 million works housed below, while hosting the periodic special exhibition. The Guinness Book of Records acknowledges the library as being the largest public library building in the world.
There is a lot of history and architectural beauty to this library! Be sure to check out the reading room on the top floor.
what a gorgeous nine-storied building. i need someone to get married there just so i can attend. beautiful space
Didn't have a chance to go inside, but I took this shot going by on the city bus. One huge library.
I love to read. I love stacks of books and spending hours looking through them. Any book that you are looking for will be here, pretty much. This place is huge, calming, and I find myself always spending more time in there than I intended. I've never had trouble finding a quiet and private spot to sit and read and it is a great spot to escape from the crazy noise of downtown.
Beautiful public library. Huge!