Library Interior, Peninsula Center Library

Abstract/Description: Image shows Reference area of the library, with recessed lighting and white columns, with a high table and a woman standing in front of a card catalog visible in the foreground. A table with chairs and stools is visible to the right with library shelving and additional tables and chairs visible in the background. The tri-level Peninsula Center Library, which was designed and furnished by architects A. Quincy Jones and Frederick Emmons, opened on July 17, 1967. The building occupied 64,600 sq. ft of floor space with library services on the main floor and parking facilities both above and below the main library floor. The Peninsula Center Library was remodeled and expanded in 1995, almost doubling in size from the original structure.
Subject(s): Herman Miller, Inc.
Palos Verdes Library District (Calif.)
Public libraries--California--Palos Verdes Peninsula
Library buildings--California--Palos Verdes Peninsula
Architecture, Modern--20th century
Library shelving
Interiors
Rolling Hills Estates (Calif.)
1961-1970
Card catalogs
Furniture--United States--History--20th century
Date Created: ca 1968