Harold Washington Library Center

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Chicago Public Library branch central library public library building

The Harold Washington Library Center is Chicago’s central public library and one of the largest public library buildings in the world, known for its prominent postmodern architecture.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren 4
Harold Washington Library Center Maker Lab 1
Harold Washington Library Center competition scheme (unbuilt) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chicago Public Library branch ⓘ
central library ⓘ
public library building ⓘ
architect Thomas Beeby ⓘ
architecturalFirm Hammond Beeby and Babka ⓘ
architecturalStyle postmodern architecture ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
exteriorMaterial granite ⓘ
red brick ⓘ
floorArea approximately 756000 square feet ⓘ
hasBasement yes ⓘ
hasCollectionSize millions of volumes ⓘ
hasDeweyDecimalClassification 027.477311 ⓘ
hasFacility Harold Washington Library Center self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Harold Washington Library Center Maker Lab

Winter Garden ⓘ
auditorium ⓘ
business and technology department ⓘ
children’s library ⓘ
exhibition spaces ⓘ
music library ⓘ
special collections ⓘ
hasLibraryOfCongressClassification Z733.C532 ⓘ
hasPublicTransitConnection Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren station ⓘ
hasUse circulating library ⓘ
event venue ⓘ
research library ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.chipublib.org/locations/34/ ⓘ
height approximately 125 feet ⓘ
inception 1991 ⓘ
isOneOfLargest public library buildings in the world ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Illinois ⓘ
locatedInCity City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
locatedInNeighborhood Loop ⓘ
name Harold Washington Library Center self-link ⓘ
namedAfter Harold Washington ⓘ
nearbyTransitLine Chicago "L" ⓘ
surface form: Chicago 'L' Loop
numberOfFloors 10 ⓘ
officialOpeningDate 1991-10-07 ⓘ
operatedBy Chicago Public Library ⓘ
ownedBy City of Chicago ⓘ
partOf Chicago Public Library ⓘ
surface form: Chicago Public Library system

Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events ⓘ
surface form: City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events programs (via partnerships)
postalCode 60605 ⓘ
publicAccess yes ⓘ
roofDecoration large acroteria with owls and foliage ⓘ
streetAddress 400 S. State Street ⓘ
yearCompleted 1991 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chicago Loop → contains → Harold Washington Library Center ⓘ
Walter Netsch → designed → Harold Washington Library Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harold Washington Library Center competition scheme (unbuilt)
Harold Washington Library Center → hasFacility → Harold Washington Library Center self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harold Washington Library Center Maker Lab
Loop → hasLandmark → Harold Washington Library Center ⓘ
CTA Pink Line → hasLoopStation → Harold Washington Library Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren
Chicago Public Library → hasPart → Harold Washington Library Center ⓘ
CTA Brown Line → hasStation → Harold Washington Library Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren
Purple Line (CTA) → hasStation → Harold Washington Library Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren
Chicago Public Library → headquartersLocation → Harold Washington Library Center ⓘ
Jackson station (Blue Line) → locatedNear → Harold Washington Library Center ⓘ
Pink Line → loopStation → Harold Washington Library Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren
Harold Washington Library Center → name → Harold Washington Library Center self-link ⓘ