Seattle’s Central Library has been in the heart of downtown since the early 1900s. But back then, it looked nothing like the current building. The first version was built in 1906 with money from ...

The current Central Library opened its doors May 23, 2004, and is the third library to take up residence at this location since 1906. The Seattle Library Association was formed in 1868, but the ...

The Seattle Central Library opened 10 years ago. Despite an expansive curtain wall, the building does not leak and has performed well, a library official said.

Pedestrians cross Madison Street at Fourth Avenue, walking past Seattle's new library. The library, now eight months behind schedule and being built at a cost of $165 million, is a honeycomb of ...

Beam us up, Scotty, to the glass-skeined, futuristic floors of Seattle's new Central Library. Free wireless service will be available on every inch of the building's 11 floors.

A Seattle artist is among 50 finalists in a prestigious national Dance/USA Fellowships to Artists program. Fox Whitney, a multidisciplinary artist working in dance, music, film, video, theater, ...

On Saturday, April 14, staffers at the downtown Seattle library discovered two alarming objects on its third-floor shelves: Two books, including South of Broad, a family drama by Pat Conroy, that had ...

In 1999, Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and Seattle native Joshua Prince-Ramus were selected to design Seattle’s Central Library. The pair envisioned a pile of floating boxes, hovering at ...

The Seattle Central Library will be a lot noisier than usual as the 12th Librarian hosts a live broadcast of the NFC Championship game between the Seahawks and 49ers Sunday.

Each year, the library chooses writers for its Eulalie and Carlo Scandiuzzi Writers’… The post Seattle Central Library Seeks Writers-in-Residence appeared first on Seattle magazine. advertisement ...