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    The Harold Washington Library Center is the central library for the Chicago Public Library System. It is located just south of the Loop 'L', at 400 South...
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    Harold Lee Washington (April 15, 1922 – November 25, 1987) was an American lawyer and politician who was the 51st mayor of Chicago. In April 1983, Washington...
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    Harold Washington Library-State/Van Buren, (formerly Library-State/Van Buren, formerly State/Van Buren), is an 'L' station serving the CTA's Brown, Orange...
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    history of its branches. Harold Washington Library Center Sulzer Regional Library Woodson Regional Library Legler Regional Library Albany Park Branch Austin-Irving...
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    State/Lake are on the northern leg; Washington/Wabash and Adams/Wabash are on the eastern side; Harold Washington Library – State/Van Buren and LaSalle/Van...
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  • public library designs, including the Sulzer Regional Library and the Harold Washington Library Center in Chicago. The Harold Washington Library Center...
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    in the Life of Harold Washington is a mural at Chicago's central library, the Harold Washington Library, named after Harold Washington, Chicago's first...
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  • Switzerland; Cantonal and University Library. Vivian Maier: Out of The Shadows, 2014, Chicago, IL; Harold Washington Library. "Vivian Maier – Street Photographer"...
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  • Buren is now occupied by Chicago Public Library's Central Library (also known as the Harold Washington Library at 400 South State Street). The December...
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  • Illinois Libraries – Chicago Public LibraryHarold Washington Library Center: Saul Bellow by Sara Miller Art and Architecture in Illinois Libraries – Chicago...
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    housing. The area is also home to the largest public library in the world, the Harold Washington Library, named for Chicago's first African-American mayor...
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    the Loop continue toward the Orange Line after stopping at the Harold Washington Library station; whereas several Orange Line trains bound for Kimball...
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    Opera of Chicago, Goodman Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Central Public Harold Washington Library, and the Chicago Cultural Center, all in the Loop; the Field Museum...
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    Line trains are available via the Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren Loop Elevated station. Like the Washington station, the northern extension of...
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    1984 Postmodern reinterpretation of the Doric columns in the Harold Washington Library, Chicago, by Hammond, Beeby & Babka, 1991 Postmodern Doric columns...
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    Romania, unknown architect, c.1910 Postmodern guillochés on the Harold Washington Library, Chicago, by Hammond, Beeby & Babka, 1991 Basse-taille Cloisonné...
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    designed the Harold Washington Library. The $5.5 million, 65,000 square feet (6,000 m2) building replaced the Frederick H. Hild Regional Library, named for...
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    librarian of the Chicago Public Library from 1987 to 1989, overseeing the design and construction of the Harold Washington Library. Samuel F. Morrison was born...
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    Bofill, 1990-1992 Harold Washington Library, Chicago, by Hammond, Beeby & Babka, 1991 Entrance era of the Harold Washington Library, by Hammond, Beeby...
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    by Victor Gh. Ștephănescu, 1935 Postmodern acroterion of the Harold Washington Library, Chicago, by Hammond, Beeby & Babka, 1991 Postmodern acroteria...
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  • of imagination and vitality embodied in a myriad of museums, theaters, libraries, houses, gardens and corporate structures". The 2004 laureate Zaha Hadid...
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    in 1976. It is directly across the street to the west of the Harold Washington Library. The address of the Old Colony Building is 407 S. Dearborn Street...
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    53rd Mayor of Chicago, Illinois after the sudden death of then–mayor Harold Washington. Sawyer served for the remainder of the term, from December 2, 1987...
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    Weisberg. The city's central library is now located across the Loop in the spacious, postmodern-style Harold Washington Library Center, which opened in 1991...
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    space for young artists to create and network then based at the Harold Washington Library. There, she befriended local talents including Chance the Rapper...
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    Exchange. The Chicago Board of Trade Building, Willis Tower, and Harold Washington Library are nearby. The first station on the site opened on October 10...
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  • Beeby’s Harold Washington Library Center in Chicago, and the ornament for many other large public works, including the ornament of the Slover Library in Norfolk...
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    New Mexico, by Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum completed 1990 The Harold Washington Library in Chicago, Illinois, by Hammond, Beeby & Babka, completed 1991...
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    Opened". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 15, 1915. p. 15. "Futuristic Washington-Wabash 'L' Station Opens: 'This is the Gold Standard' – Downtown – Chicago...
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    ornamental fountain. Pritzker Park is located on State Street near Harold Washington Library. It occupies the site of the Rialto Hotel, which was demolished...
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