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Identifier: architectenginee5017sanf (find matches)
Title: The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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e three arches. The main reading room is elevatetl an<l the windows are i)laced unu<unllyhigh, so that the light is diffused down, without casting any shadows on theinterior, a feature which is very desirai)le to persons reading. Jhe lightingsystem is .semi-indirect. I.oth exterior and interior leaves the impression of astrong Italian feeling. The furniture was designed by the architect especially to carry out the ile-sign as far as ;)raclical with the working rei)e(l the rear i)ortion of the lot has been beautified with llow-crs and grass ami fenced in with ;ni ornamental lattice-work, over which astrong, lieavy chicken wire is stretched, to serve the double jmrpose of pre-venting the loss of l)()oks and to carry the vines which furnish shade in ^unl-nier to the outdoor readers. DETAIL OF l^SIKA.BRASCH LIBRARi 8C Till-. .iRCiiiTiicr .1X1) r.xcixi-.r.R
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/. 1 , L<TS AXGllLES In the Iiaseiiient is ;ui auditiirium seatiiii^ 350 persmis. with entrances fromthe front and rear. The Arroyo Seco branch hbrary. .Mr. I-. ^F. .\shley, architect, is buiU onmodern clas.sic lines, with four fluted hinic cohimns in front and seven on eachside. To mask the feature of converging lines, a circular porch was used on thefront. Although there is a great diflference in the level of the two streets oneither side of the building, this has been overcome by a careful grading oflawn in front and terracing at the .side. The building is constructed on a X shajied lot at the convergence oftwo streets. At the end of the main walk i^ a tlag pole circle and steps.

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  • bookid:architectenginee5017sanf
  • bookyear:1905
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • booksubject:Architecture
  • booksubject:Building
  • bookpublisher:San_Francisco__Calif____Architect_and_Engineer_Co
  • bookcontributor:San_Francisco_Public_Library
  • booksponsor:San_Francisco_Public_Library
  • bookleafnumber:85
  • bookcollection:americana
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