2024: Philadelphia Voted Parkway Central Library Best Public Library!
Parkway Central Library
1901 Vine Street
(215) 686-5322
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Parkway Central Library has been serving the City since 1927 and opens its doors to over 1,000,000 people every single year to showcase its rich heritage. From its astonishing rare book department to centers for art, business development, and hosted tours around the historic site, the library caters and welcomes everyone with a thirst for knowledge. There are countless events to enjoy and you’re always able to pick the brains of their experienced librarians who can help you find exactly what you’re looking for.
2023: Philadelphia Voted Falls of Schuylkill Library Best Public Library!
Falls of Schuylkill Library
3501 Midvale Avenue
(215) 685-2093
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Book clubs, toddler programs, and even reading with a dog, the Falls of Schuylkill Library features many activities outside of going in and checking out a few books. Be sure to join the Friends of the Falls of Schuylkill Library to help raise funds for speakers, new equipment, building enhancements, and more.
2022: Philadelphia Voted Parkway Central Library Best Public Library!
Parkway Central Library
1901 Vine Street
(215) 686-5322 – freelibrary.org
Libraries are places of learning, discovery, and refuge. Parkway Central Library offers a variety of ways to connect with others through books, technology, lectures, and workshops, all while providing quiet spaces where you can work or study on your own. The Beaux-Arts building is both a library and an architectural treasure with a stunning interior, a rare book department with more than 100,000 books and manuscripts, and notable works in the special collections including Edgar Allan Poe and Beatrix Potter. Parkway also boasts a distinguished music department, which features more than 100,000 volumes and is known as one of the largest music and dance selections in the country.
2021: Philadelphia Voted Parkway Central Library Best Public Library!
Parkway Central Library
1901 Vine St
(215) 686-5322 – freelibrary.org
Bibliophiles go to great city libraries to be close to others who love them as they do. Others want a quiet public space where they’re not alone, but are left undisturbed to ponder the things they want to learn. Some enjoy the social hub to work their way through the high-tech distribution of knowledge as well as interact with competent staff. Parkway Central Library is also an architectural stunner as this neoclassical building on Benjamin Franklin Parkway offers computers for public use along with an array of programs. Visitors to the library talk about the facility with a kind of affection, and tourists stop here and find a nook to break up the city itinerary or take an “architectural walk” with a docent.