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Nembro Library, Bergamo

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'80s Kite Watcher

The Barrie Public Library has one of the enormous kite-watching people who hung in the Dundas Street entrance of the Toronto Eaton Centre from 1986 to 2003. Source.

Central Reference Library

The Central Reference Library, University Avenue, Toronto, built in 1920. This room later became the U of T Bookstore. Source.

Canadiana Bookplate

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Carlingwood Library Modernism

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The Patrick Power Library, 1976

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Killam Library, 1971

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Japanese Things in Chetham's Library

Read this blog post about two boxes of Japanese holdings in Cheltham's Library, Manchester, England.

Meiji University Manga Library

An exploded view of the Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library at Meiji University. Source.

Hadrian's Library In Its Modern Context

Athens remembers the Emperor Hadrian as a friend and benefactor 1900 years after his reign. His Library stood to the north of the Acropolis in a space now crowded in by modern Greek life. The Manastikaki train stain is just off the bottom left of the photo. The narrow lane running up the left side from the domed building is a tourist market. The official AEK Athens store is at the upper left corner. If you explore the area on Google Street View it will give you a strong sense of how the site is an archaeological excavation -- the surrounding streets are a storey above it. Source.