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Boston Public Library Press Release News and Events |
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BOSTON
PUBLIC LIBRARY’S The Boston Public Library’s Lower Mills branch will close for a short time to allow contractors to paint the inside of the building and install new flooring. The 23-year-old branch is expected to close October 4th for approximately six weeks. Further schedule details will be forthcoming and will be on the BPL website www.bpl.org, as well as in local newspapers. The branch is located at 27 Richmond Street in Dorchester. Customers of the BPL’s Lower Mills branch have their choice of 25 other neighborhood branches to use for the duration of the closure. The
closing will allow contractors to complete the work efficiently,
while library services continue at all other branches. For more than 150 years, the Boston Public Library has pioneered public library service in America with revolutionary ideas and famous firsts. Established in 1848, the BPL was the first publicly supported municipal library in America, the first public library to lend books, the first to have a branch library and the first to have a children’s room. Today, the BPL boasts 27 neighborhood branches, free Internet access, two unique restaurants, an award-winning website www.bpl.org and an on-line store featuring reproductions of the BPL’s priceless photographs and artwork. Each year, the BPL hosts nearly 5000 programs, answers more than one million reference questions and serves millions of people in its National Historic Landmark McKim Building in Copley Square. All of its programs and exhibits are free and open to the public. At the Boston Public Library, books are just the beginning! -30- Prepared by the Boston Public Library's Communications Office. For more information about news, programs and events at the BPL, call 617-859-2212 or send a message to the Communications Office. |
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