Barracuda
LOCATIONS
Central Library
710 W. Cesar Chavez, 512/974-7400
Hours: Sun., noon-6pm; Mon.-Thu., 10am-9pm; Fri.-Sat., 10am-6pm
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.
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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
