A collaboration among the City Club of Cleveland, ideastream, Playhouse Square, and all nine local public library systems, One Community Reads is designed to broaden and deepen our appreciation of reading and to cultivate dialogue based upon a shared reading experience for the Greater Cleveland community. From January through March 2020, county residents are encouraged to read Palaces for the People by…
African America, Communists, and the National Negro Congress, 1933-1947 (CPL Cardholders) The National Negro Congress was established in 1936 to “secure the right of the Negro people to be free from Jim Crowism, segregation, discrimination, lynching, and mob violence” and “to promote the spirit of unity and cooperation between Negro and white people. This collection comprises of the voluminous working…
Focusing on code (HTML, CSS, PHP, and JS) and content structure on cpl.org Questions strictly on grammar and usage are not covered in this guide; they are covered in Cleveland Public Library Style Guide at ask Laura Walter for details. This guide is designed to: provide consistency in design, quality, and structure of our code and content ensure that best…
1900 Fulton RoadCleveland, OH 44113Phone: 216-623-6927Email: Carnegie.West.Branch@cpl.orgManager: Angela Guinther Hours About The Carnegie West Branch is located in the heart of Ohio City in Frank Novak Park. Thanks to a unique relationship with the City of Cleveland, Carnegie West is positioned within the grounds of this city park to better serve patrons in the thriving Ohio City community. Carnegie West may…
Nearly a century ago, the famed Cleveland architecture firm Walker and Weeks constructed a building in a modified English Tudor style to serve as Cleveland Public Library’s West Park Branch. The building featured an elegant façade with red brick, stone trim, and a slate roof, while the interior offered high ceilings and tall, graceful windows. In the decades since its…