Posted on Saturday, 18 September 2010

liquidnight: Interior of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County “Old Main” Building, photographer unknown, 1874. In 1874 the Public Library of Cincinnati took possession of a small building intended to be an opera house. According to John Fleishman, “the parcel at 629 Vine Street was transformed in two stages into a library building that startled America with its cutting edge design. Its vast Main Hall featured five tiers of cast-iron book alcoves that could house over 200,000 volumes.” [From Ohio Memory via { feuilleton }]

liquidnight:

Interior of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County “Old Main” Building, photographer unknown, 1874.

In 1874 the Public Library of Cincinnati took possession of a small building intended to be an opera house. According to John Fleishman, “the parcel at 629 Vine Street was transformed in two stages into a library building that startled America with its cutting edge design. Its vast Main Hall featured five tiers of cast-iron book alcoves that could house over 200,000 volumes.”

[From Ohio Memory via { feuilleton }]

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    My DREAM library. God, I would LOVE to have this. :D
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    Interior of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County “Old Main” Building, photographer unknown, 1874
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    Irresistible Aunque nunca pensé que una biblioteca podía dar esa clase de vértigo. liquidnight:
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