{"id":978,"date":"2014-06-03T16:52:40","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T23:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=978"},"modified":"2023-03-07T10:45:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T18:45:08","slug":"library-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=978","title":{"rendered":"Library architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last summer the collections of the San Diego Central Library moved to a new building at 330 Park Blvd. For the past several months the staff of Special Collections has been busily unpacking and arranging boxes of materials once relegated to the basement of our old building. Among reams of material, we make discoveries. Below is a forgotten architectural rendering of the proposed Carnegie Library. The completed structure, designed by the New York firm of Ackerman and Ross, was dedicated in April 1902.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_979\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Carnegie-rendering.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-979\" data-attachment-id=\"979\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=979\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Carnegie-rendering.jpg?fit=3070%2C2299&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3070,2299\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Carnegie rendering\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ackerman &amp;#038; Ross, Architects&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Carnegie-rendering.jpg?fit=1024%2C766&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-979\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Carnegie-rendering.jpg?resize=550%2C412\" alt=\"Ackerman &amp; Ross, Architects\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Carnegie-rendering.jpg?resize=1024%2C766&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Carnegie-rendering.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Carnegie-rendering.jpg?w=2000 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Carnegie-rendering.jpg?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ackerman &amp; Ross, Architects<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"fblikebutton_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 10px;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandiegoyesterday.com%2F%3Fp%3D978&amp;layout=standard&amp;show-faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:26px\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last summer the collections of the San Diego Central Library moved to a new building at 330 Park Blvd. For the past several months the staff of Special Collections has been busily unpacking and arranging boxes of materials once relegated to the basement of our old building. 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