From Mental Floss:
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/127003
Check out the great pictures after the link.
1. Vancouver Public Library main branch
2. Library of Parliament, Canada
3. Library of Congress, DC
4. Stephen a Schwarzman Library (NYPL)
5. Frederick Ferris Thompson Memorial Library in Vassar College, USA
6. Jay Walker’s Private Library, USA
7. Harold Washington Library, Chicago, USA
8. Beinecke Rare Book Library in Yale University, USA
9. José Vasconcelos Library, Mexico
10. Palafoxiana Library, Mexico
(There are plenty more gorgeous libraries in North America, including the Salt Lake City Main Branch, the Seattle Public Library, the Geisel Library at UCSD, the George Peabody Library at Johns Hopkins University and many, many more, but they didn’t fit…)
Read the full text here: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/127003#ixzz1vY3AkwQT –brought to you by mental_floss!
It’s a nice list.
Stephen
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