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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DJU9" data-source="post: 11106964" data-attributes="member: 44472">                          13. Seattle Public Library | Washington, USA <img src="http://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/The_Seattle_Central_public_Library.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                           <img src="http://twistedsifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/The_Seattle_Central_public_Library-2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The Seattle Public Library’s Central Library is  the flagship  library of The Seattle Public Library system. The 11-story  (185 feet or  56 meters high) glass and steel building in downtown  Seattle, Washington  was opened to the public on Sunday, May 23, 2004.  Rem Koolhaas and  Joshua Prince-Ramus of OMA/LMN were the principal  architects and Hoffman  Construction Company of Portland, Oregon, was  the general contractor.  The 362,987 square foot (34,000 m²) public  library can hold about 1.45  million books and other materials, features  underground public parking  for 143 vehicles, and includes over 400  computers open to the public.  Over 2 million individuals visited the  new library in its first year.                   </blockquote>

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