A list of news coverage of the Central Library before and after the May 23, 2004 grand opening, sorted by type - national/international news, trade publications and local news:
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NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Best of the Decade: Architecture
The Washington Post, December 27, 2009
What happens when architecture pays attention to its surroundings (and when it doesn't)
Slate, May 16, 2007
Deborah Jacobs is no ordinary librarian, and her Seattle masterpiece is no ordinary library
World Magazine, March 24, 2007
Seattle library a monument to form, function
The Toronto Star, Jan. 20, 2007
Innovation, simplicity, and sizzle on the West Coast: Europeans put imaginative stamp on three designs
The Boston Globe, June 18, 2006
Libraries that dazzle? Check these out
VIA Magazine, November 2005
Seattle still percolates behind this artful project
The Boston Globe, Aug. 21, 2005
Best Architecture 2004
Time Magazine, December 2004
Seattle Library Is One for the Books
National Public Radio, May 23, 2004
The Library That Puts on Fishnets and Hits the Disco
New York Times, May 16, 2004
TRADE PUBLICATIONS
After Seattle
Library Journal, Aug. 15, 2005
The Recipe for Ground Zero projects is in Seattle Library.
Reprinted from Engineering News-Record, copyright The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc., May 16, 2005, All rights reserved
Seattle's Eccentric 'Book Behemoth' Shatters Stereotypes
Reprinted from Engineering News-Record, copyright The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc., Nov. 3, 2003, All rights reserved.
LOCAL NEWS
Seattle Public Library celebrates "Libraries For All"
The Seattle Times, Sept. 12, 2008
My Five Favorite American Buildings
The Stranger, Feb. 15, 2007
Central Library, Safeco Field make list of American's favorite buildings
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Feb. 15, 2007.
Smooching in the stacks
The Seattle Times, Feb. 11, 2007
Seattle tourist boom! Record number of visitors pouring in
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 25, 2006
Architecture critic raves about Central Library
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Nov. 4, 2005
New piece for Central Library pushes art to the technical edge
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Sept. 13, 2005
On Architecture: New library is defining Seattle's urban vitality
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 28, 2005
Book lovers, tourists find haven of light at Seattle Public Library
The Seattle Times, May 22, 2005
Library use soars at new building
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Sept. 13, 2004
On many levels, Seattle's new library is a hit
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 24, 2004
Library's champion didn't live to see it shining in the sun
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 24, 2004
Patrons flock to Central Library grand opening
The Seattle Times, May 24, 2004
The library Rem Koolhaas almost didn't get the chance to design
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 23, 2004
A moment with ... Joshua Ramus, architect
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 22, 2004
Getting to know the new Central Library (Includes virtual tour)
The Seattle Times, May 16, 2004
Brutal beauty: Seattle's new library is a marriage of civic splash and practical intimacy
The Seattle Times, Pacific Northwest, April 25, 2004
The Central Library move is on -- with a plan mapped out to the letter
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 9, 2004
Deference to nature keeps Seattle from becoming world-class city
By Jonathan Raban
The Seattle Times, Editorials and Opinions, April 4, 2004
Design Perspectives: Expectations bloom in Seattle this spring
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, March 24, 2004
Public display of affection; the new public library Is important
The Stranger, March 17, 2004
New Seattle Central Library is on the cutting edge of technological advances
Seattle Post Intelligencer, Feb. 24, 2004
Central Library design is an open book.
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, Feb. 4, 2004
