Lead artist: Raul Ayala working with Groundswell
A Uniquely Portable Magic refers to the power of books. This mural is on the Spring Creek Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn
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The Brooklyn Public Library has 62 branches throughout the Borough. This one built in the early 1900's has to be one of the most beautiful.
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Lead artist: Raul Ayala working with Groundswell
A Uniquely Portable Magic refers to the power of books. This mural is on the Spring Creek Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn
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Looking at the Park Slope neighborhood through the window of the Brooklyn Public Library Branch
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Today I finished the Brooklyn Public Library's "Browse The Branches" challenge. Collecting a sticker for my booklet at each branch visited. It's been a lot of fun visiting all the different neighborhoods. Brooklyn Public Library has 62 branches and a bookmobile.
Each of the branches had something special about it and this one - the Stone Avenue Branch in Brownsville, Brooklyn was not only the last branch I visited but also one of my favorites.
The building was one of the last Carnegie libraries built in Brooklyn and opened in September, 1914. Originally it was the Brownsville Children's Library and believed to be the first library in the world devoted to serving children. On its 100th Anniversary in 2014 the branch underwent renovations. The back wall that can be seen in the photo is a Word Wall displaying Fry Words - the 1,000 words most used in reading and writing.
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