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Also known as: Central Library
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Project Chronology

1917-1925
BUILT 		Architect: Trumbauer, Horace (1868-1938)
Contractor: Kelly, P. H. (b. 1871)
2003
COMPETITION

For expansion and renovation of Free Library Building.

Winner: Moshe Safdie & Associates Inc.
Competitor: Cesar Pelli & Associates
Competitor: Foster & Partners
Competitor: TEN Arquitectos

 

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