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Harold Washington Library

The Harold Washington Library Center is the central library for the Chicago Public Library System. It is located just south of the Loop 'L', at 400 South State Street in , in the U.S. state of .
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Thursday: 9:00 AM—8:00 PM
    Friday—Saturday: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
    Sunday: 1:00 PM—5:00 PM
  • Email: hwlc@chipublib.org
  • Type: Library
  • Description: central library of the Chicago Public Library system
  • Also known as: “Chicago Public Library”, “Chicago Public Library. Harold Washington Library Center”, “Harold Washington Library Center”, “Harold Washington Public Library”, and “HWLC”
  • Address: 400 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60605
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chicago "L" and Metropolitan Correctional Center.

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The Chicago "L" is the rapid transit system serving the city of and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of . Operated by the , it is the fourth-largest rapid transit system in the United States in terms… is situated 880 feet northeast of Harold Washington Library.

Prison
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The , Chicago is a United States federal prison in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It holds imprisoned men and women of all security levels before and during court proceedings in the Northern District of Illinois, and for brief sentences. is situated 600 feet west of Harold Washington Library.

Metro station
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Harold Washington Library–State/Van Buren, is an station serving the Brown, Orange, Pink, and Purple Lines. Originally, the station was to have direct access to the second floor of the Harold Washington Library building, but this direct connection was never built.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Printer’s Row and Loop.

Neighborhood
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Printers Row, also known as Printing House Row, is a Chicago neighborhood located in . The area of Printers Row is generally defined by Ida B.

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The is the central business district of , bounded by the Chicago River to the north and west, Harrison Street to the south, and Lake Michigan to the east.

Neighborhood
The is a historic district in the community area of Chicago, Illinois in the . Running along Wabash Avenue, primarily between East Washington Street and East Monroe Street, the buildings in the district were built…

Harold Washington Library

Latitude
41.87632° or 41° 52′ 35″ north
Longitude
-87.62822° or 87° 37′ 42″ west
Elevation
594 feet (181 metres)
Levels
10
Branch
Harold Washington
Operator
Chicago Public Library
Named after
Harold Washington
Open location code
86HJV9GC+GP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28292694
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­library
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
4895177
Wiki­data ID
Q3127656
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Harold Washington Library” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مكتبة هارولد واشنطن”
  • Chinese: “哈羅德·華盛頓圖書館”
  • Dutch: “Harold Washington Library”
  • French: “Harold Washington Library”
  • Hebrew: “ספריית הרולד וושינגטון”
  • Indonesian: “Harold Washington Library”
  • Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Harold Washington”
  • Italian: “Harold Washington Library”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه هارولد واشنگتن”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Harold Washington”
  • Spanish: “Harold Washington Library”
  • Spanish: “HWLC”
  • Turkish: “Harold washington kütüphanesi”
  • Turkish: “Harold Washington Kütüphanesi”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Harold Washington Library”. Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.