The Richard Riordan Central Library (Los Angeles Central Library) (Los Angeles, California)

USA / California / Vernon / Los Angeles, California / West 5th Street, 630
 library, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, Art Deco (architecture), 1925_construction
630 West 5th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(213) 228-7000

www.lapl.org/central/

The library survived an infamous arson fire in the early 1980s, culminating in the decision to rebuild and renovate rather than tear down the building. The adjacent US Bank Tower (tallest in Los Angeles) paid for the "air rights" in order to help finance the renovation.

The site originally held the State Normal School, which was the original incarnation of what would later be the University of California, Southern Branch, and finally UCLA.

In 1984 its book stacks and card catalogue doubled for the ones at the New York Public Library in the movie Ghostbusters.
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Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Central_Library
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Coordinates:   34°3'1"N   118°15'18"W
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