Los Angeles Central Library, Bertram Goodhue & Carlton Winslow Architects 1926

Los Angeles Central Library, Bertram Goodhue & Carlton Winslow Architects 1926
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Originally named simply the Central Library, the building has been renamed twice; first, in honor of Rufus von KleinSmid, longtime president of the Board of Library Commissioners and President of the University of Southern California, and in 2001, after Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan.