向1996 年 4 月 18 日落成的新總圖書館大樓銀禧紀念日致慶。 新總圖書館建設項目由 1.045 億美元的債券基金和 2,200 萬美元的私人捐款支付，並在完工時成為三藩市歷史上最大的公共/私人合作項目。建築物的山脈白 (Sierra White) 花崗岩外牆取自給其他市政中心建築提供石材的礦場，與它的布雜/學院派混合型建築藝術形式 (Beaux Arts) 風格一致。Grove 街和 Hyde 街的立面更具現代感，與 Market 街的商業活動相容。大樓由 Pei Cobb Freed & Partners（紐約）的 James Ingo Freed 和 Simon Martin-Vegue Winkelstein & Moris（三藩市）的 Cathy Simon 設計。
Parachutist on Opening Day of New Main Library, 1996 13photos
1996年打扮成故事書人物的演員們正等候著進入總圖書館。 13photos
1990 年 Marjorie Stern (圖右) 和其他來賓在細看新總圖書館的模型 13photos
1992 年市長 Frank Jordan、Sybil Boutilier、圖書館館長 Kenneth Dowlin 和前市長 Art Agnos 在新總圖書館的奠基儀式上 13photos
1995 年設計咭片目錄牆的藝術家 Ann Hamilton 與 Ann Chamberlain 13photos
1995 年總圖書館中庭工程進行中 13photos
1996 年總圖書館開放日的傘兵和天空書法家 13photos
1996 年打扮成故事書人物的演員們正等候進入總圖書館 13photos
People watching S.F. Mime Troupe outside Main Library, 1996. 13photos
Band playing outside Main Library on Fulton St., 1996. 13photos
People in the Main Library atrium, 1996. 13photos
Architect Cathy Simon, City Librarian Kenneth Dowlin and Mayor Willie Brown, 1996. 13photos
Charlotte Mailliard Shultz, Mayor Willie Brown, Architects Cathy Simon and James Ingo Freed (far right) in front of the Main Library, 1996. 13photos
Parachutist on Opening Day of New Main Library, 1996 "Almost magically, a 2-foot-long golden key floated down from the sky via parachutist Thursday to admit Mayor Brown and some 12,000 first-day visitors. The strains of a trumpet sounding the theme from Aaron Copeland's 'Fanfare for the Common Man' accompanied the 10-minute sky drop" (San Francisco Examiner, April 19, 1996).
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1996年打扮成故事書人物的演員們正等候著進入總圖書館。 "Costumed people representing storybook characters ranging from the Big Bad Wolf to Alice in Wonderland roamed the grand staircases and hallways."
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1990 年 Marjorie Stern (圖右) 和其他來賓在細看新總圖書館的模型 "A model of a new main library that combines classical facades with modern interiors was unveiled yesterday and lauded as the crown jewel that will complete San Francisco's Civic Center complex. The new five-story library will occupy a full block, bounded by Larkin, Fulton, Hyde and Grove streets and will close the gap in the Civic Center complex that planners envisioned when the city was rebuilt after the 1906 earthquake and fire" (S.F. Chronicle, October 3, 1990).
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1992 年市長 Frank Jordan、Sybil Boutilier、圖書館館長 Kenneth Dowlin 和前市長 Art Agnos 在新總圖書館的奠基儀式上 13photos
1995 年設計咭片目錄牆的藝術家 Ann Hamilton 與 Ann Chamberlain With the move to the new Main Library, items in the card catalog (used to access the collection for more than 100 years) have been supplanted by an online computer system. Obsolete cards embedded in artisans' plaster cover the principal diagonal wall on three levels of the building.
Each card is annotated with a quote from its corresponding book or from another book associated with the title by subject matter. Nearly 200 individuals annotated the cards in a dozen different languages. The cards not only represent a process of research unique to the person who created them but also express the diverse meanings derived from reading.
Moreover, the annotations on the cards expose the interior of books-the text at the heart of a library's holdings. The wall represents a window into a world of books that can be browsed by those who enjoy the library and its collection.
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1995 年總圖書館中庭工程進行中 13photos
1996 年總圖書館開放日的傘兵和天空書法家 "Almost magically, a 2-foot-long golden key floated down from the sky via parachutist Thursday to admit Mayor Brown and some 12,000 first-day visitors. The strains of a trumpet sounding the theme from Aaron Copeland's 'Fanfare for the Common Man' accompanied the 10-minute sky drop" (San Francisco Examiner, April 19, 1996).
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1996 年打扮成故事書人物的演員們正等候進入總圖書館 "Costumed people representing storybook characters ranging from the Big Bad Wolf to Alice in Wonderland roamed the grand staircases and hallways."
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People watching S.F. Mime Troupe outside Main Library, 1996. 13photos
Band playing outside Main Library on Fulton St., 1996. 13photos
People in the Main Library atrium, 1996. 13photos
Architect Cathy Simon, City Librarian Kenneth Dowlin and Mayor Willie Brown, 1996. 13photos
Charlotte Mailliard Shultz, Mayor Willie Brown, Architects Cathy Simon and James Ingo Freed (far right) in front of the Main Library, 1996. 13photos
