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#156: The Los Angeles Public Library is 150!
LAPL has 72 branches throughout LA, and is one of the largest library systems in the country.
In honor or this special anniversary, How To LA producer Megan Botel is exploring Central Library in downtown LA. It's an architectural GEM of 538 thousand square feet and 89 miles of shelving. Learn about the history of Los Angeles Public Library, going back to its beginnings in 1872, as well as some of the most brilliant features of the Central Library building.
Guest: James Sherman, librarian of literature and fiction at Los Angeles Public Library.
Click here more information on use of equipment in the Octavia Lab.
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#156: The Los Angeles Public Library is 150!
LAPL has 72 branches throughout LA, and is one of the largest library systems in the country.
In honor or this special anniversary, How To LA producer Megan Botel is exploring Central Library in downtown LA. It's an architectural GEM of 538 thousand square feet and 89 miles of shelving. Learn about the history of Los Angeles Public Library, going back to its beginnings in 1872, as well as some of the most brilliant features of the Central Library building.
Guest: James Sherman, librarian of literature and fiction at Los Angeles Public Library.
Click here more information on use of equipment in the Octavia Lab.

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