The Seattle Central Public Library: Better Late than Never
Front view of the Seattle Central Public Library, seen from the main entrance (bottom left corner). Photo ©Darren Bradley The Seattle Central Public Library opened to the public in May of 2004. Since then, it's been written about and photographed extensively. At this point, there's probably little or nothing that anyone could say to add to the conversation - or the photographs already taken. But I'm going to do it anyway. View of the library from the 4th street side. The children's section is on this level, on the left side. Photo ©Darren Bradley Vintage photo of the same angle, showing the old Carnegie Library that sat in this spot previously. Photographer unknown. I first caught a glimpse of the new downtown Seattle Public Library in October of 2003. I was passing through Seattle for a business trip and caught a glimpse of the still unfinished building through the window of a taxi cab in the early pre-dawn hours of a cold and rainy autumn morning. Although its w...