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| Parkway Central Library | |
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 Parkway Central Library on Vine Street in Philadelphia | |
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| Location | 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103 |
| Established | June 2, 1927 |
| Branches | 54 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Automobile Reference Collection Chamber Music Collection Children's Literature Research Collection Drinker Choral Music Library Early American Children's Books Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music Map Collection Print and Picture Collection Rare Book Collections Sheet Music Collection Theatre Collection |
| Access and use | |
| Population served | 1,560,297[1] |
| Other information | |
| Director | Kelly Richards |
| Website | https://libwww.freelibrary.org/locations/parkway-central-library |
Parkway Central Library also known as Free Library or Central Library is the main public library building and administrative headquarters of the Free Library of Philadelphia system. It is the largest library, and only research library, of 54 library branches in the Free Library system.
The library opened on Vine Street in Philadelphia in 1927. Four stories and the ground floor are open to the public. The main entrance steps are on Vine Street, between 19th and 20th Street.[2]
- ^ "Philadelphia 2015: The State of the City" (PDF). pewtrusts.org. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ The Free Library of Philadelphia. 1927. p. 13. Retrieved 19 December 2017.