Houston Public Library
Houston Public Library is the public library system serving Houston, Texas, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Library
- Description: public library system of Houston, Texas, United States
- Also known as: “HPL”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Houston City Hall and Tranquillity Park.
Houston City Hall
Town hall
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The Houston City Hall building is the headquarters of the City of Houston's municipal government. Constructed during 1938 and 1939, the City Hall complex is located on Bagby Street on the western side of Downtown Houston. Houston City Hall is situated 350 feet northeast of Houston Public Library.
Tranquillity Park
Park
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Tranquillity Park is a municipal park in Houston, Texas. Tranquillity Park is situated 710 feet northeast of Houston Public Library.
Heritage Plaza
Office building
Heritage Plaza is a postmodern skyscraper located in the Skyline District of downtown Houston, Texas. Standing at 762 feet, the tower is the 5th-tallest building in Houston, the 8th-tallest in Texas, and the 60th-tallest in the United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Houston and Downtown Houston.
Houston
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Houston is a sprawling port city in Southeastern Texas. An oil boom and continuing international immigration has brought explosive growth to the city, and it is now the fifth largest metropolitan area in the United States and the most diverse large city since 2021.
Downtown Houston
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Downtown is the central business district of Houston. It is bounded by the I-10, I-45, and I-69 freeways.
Fourth Ward
Suburb
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Fourth Ward is one of the historic six wards of Houston, Texas, United States. The Fourth Ward is located inside the 610 Loop directly west of and adjacent to Downtown Houston.
Houston Public Library
- Categories: municipal library, library network, and education
- Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Houston Public Library” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “休士頓公共圖書館”
- Dutch: “Houston Public Library”
- French: “Houston Public Library”
- Italian: “Biblioteca di Houston”
- Italian: “Biblioteca pubblica di Houston”
- Italian: “Houston Public Library”
- Japanese: “ヒューストン公共図書館”
- Japanese: “ヒューストン市立図書館”
- Persian: “کتابخانه عمومی هیوستون”
- Persian: “کتابخانهٔ عمومی هیوستون”
- Russian: “Публичная библиотека Хьюстона”
- Russian: “Публичная Библиотека Хьюстона”
- Spanish: “Biblioteca Publica de Houston”
- Spanish: “Biblioteca Pública de Houston”
- Spanish: “Houston Public Library”
- Spanish: “HPL”
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