West Hollywood Library
| West Hollywood Library | |
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 The West Hollywood Library in 2013 | |
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| Location | 625 North San Vicente Boulevard West Hollywood, California, United States |
| Established | 2011 |
The West Hollywood Library is a public library in West Hollywood, California, U.S.. It is a branch of LA County Library.
Architectural significance
[edit]The 33,150-square-foot building was completed in 2011.[1] It was designed by architects Steve Johnson and James Favaro, with murals by Shepard Fairey and Kenny Scharf.[2] It won the City Livability Award from the United States Conference of Mayors in 2012.[3]
Collection
[edit]The library collection includes LGBT fiction and non-fiction.[4][5] It is the meeting place of the Lambda Literary Book Club, an LGBT-themed book club.[5]
There are also books in Spanish and Russian.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Best Library To Get Serious Work Done: West Hollywood Library". LA Weekly. 2012. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- ^ Hawthorne, Christopher (September 28, 2011). "Architecture Review: West Hollywood Library among top works". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- ^ Broverman, Neal (June 19, 2012). "US Mayors Love the WeHo Library". LA Curbed. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- ^ a b "West Hollywood Library". County of Los Angeles Public Library. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- ^ a b "LGBT Collection at the West Hollywood Library". County of Los Angeles Public Library. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
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