Phoenix Public Library - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Phoenix Public Library - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Phoenix Public Library is a municipal library system serving Phoenix, Arizona, and operated by the city of Phoenix. There are 16 branches currently in operation citywide, anchored by the flagship Burton Barr Central Library on the northern edge of downtown Phoenix. Four of the 16 locations were designed by prominent local architect Will Bruder: the Burton Barr central library (opened May 1995),Burton Barr Central Library, https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/Locations/BurtonBarr the Cholla branch location at Metrocenter Mall (opened 1977, enlarged and remodeled in 1990), the Mesquite branch at Paradise Valley Mall (opened November 1982, expanded May 1998),Mesquite Library, https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/Locations/Pages/Mesquite.aspx and the Agave branch in far northwest Phoenix (opened June 2009).Agave Library, https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/Locations/Pages/Agave.aspx Many of its branches are named for endemic desert plants. Read more on Wikipedia
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