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Central Library
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Movie Theatre
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Arts Venue
710 W. Cesar Chavez, 512/974-7400
library.austintexas.gov/central-library
photo by John Anderson
The city's dazzling new Downtown library, opened in October of 2017, fills its 198,000 square feet with an art gallery, event and screening spaces, a cafe, rooftop garden, and – oh yeah – hundreds of thousands of books.
Other Locations
Terrazas Branch Library
, 1105 E. Cesar Chavez
Twin Oaks Branch Library
, 1800 S. Fifth
Oak Hill Branch Library
, 5125 Convict Hill
Ralph W. Yarborough Library
, 2200 Hancock
Will Hampton Branch Library
, 5125 Convict Hill Rd.
Spicewood Springs Library
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North Loop Area Library
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Best of Austin
Awards
2019
: Readers
Place for Sober Socializing
2018
: Critics
Best Out-of-the-Book Idea
(APL Mobile Library Fleet)
2018
: Readers
Place for Sober Socializing
2017
: Critics
Best Stairways to Heaven
(Austin Central Library)
2010
: Critics
Best Neighborhood Dream Deferred Realized
(Twin Oaks Branch Library)
2009
: Critics
Best Ode to the (Namesake of the) Road on Which It Resides
(Rayo de Esperanza)
1997
: Critics
Best Final Chapter Of A Long Story
1997
: Critics
Best Construction In Oak Hill
1995
: Critics
Best City Library
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