Los Angeles Public Library Central Library

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Los_Angeles_Public_Library_Central_Library
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:library
gptkbp:accessible Yes
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 1970
gptkbp:address 630 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
gptkbp:architect gptkb:Bertram_Goodhue
gptkbp:collectionSize over 2 million volumes
gptkbp:destroyedBy 1986 fire
gptkbp:digitizedBy Yes
gptkbp:director John F. Szabo (as of 2024)
gptkbp:hasAttraction Yes
gptkbp:hasBookDrop Yes
gptkbp:hasCafe Yes
gptkbp:hasChild Yes
gptkbp:hasCollection gptkb:Map_Collection
gptkb:Los_Angeles_History_Collection
Rare Books
Photo Collection
gptkbp:hasEvent gptkb:Mark_Taper_Auditorium
gptkbp:hasExhibit Yes
gptkbp:hasFeature gptkb:Tom_Bradley_Wing
Rotunda with murals by Dean Cornwell
gptkbp:hasGenealogyResources Yes
gptkbp:hasGiftShop Yes
gptkbp:hasParking Yes
gptkbp:hasPopulation gptkb:Los_Angeles_metropolitan_area
gptkbp:hasPrintingServices Yes
gptkbp:hasPublicComputers Yes
gptkbp:hasReadingRoom Yes
gptkbp:hasRoomType Yes
gptkbp:hasTeenSection Yes
gptkbp:hasWiFi Yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Los Angeles Public Library Central Library
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:California
gptkb:Los_Angeles
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Richard_J._Riordan_(main_building)
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 72000231
gptkbp:numberOfFloors 8
gptkbp:numberOfRooms Yes
gptkbp:opened 1926
gptkbp:openToPublic gptkb:Torch_of_Knowledge_sculpture
Sphinxes
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Los_Angeles_Public_Library_system
gptkbp:publicTransit gptkb:Pershing_Square_station_(Metro_Red_Line)
gptkbp:renovated 1993
gptkbp:style gptkb:Art_Deco
gptkb:Egyptian_Revival
gptkbp:website https://www.lapl.org/branches/central-library
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Civic_Center,_Los_Angeles
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6