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The Detroit Public Library is the second largest library system in the U.S. state of Michigan by volumes held (after the University of Michigan Library) and the 21st-largest library system (and the fourth-largest public library system) in the United States. It is composed of the Main Library on Woodward Avenue, which houses the library's administration offices, and 23 branch locations across the city. The Main Library is part of Detroit's Cultural Center Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places adjacent to Wayne State University campus and across from the Detroit Institute of Arts.

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  • The Detroit Public Library is the second largest library system in the U.S. state of Michigan by volumes held (after the University of Michigan Library) and the 21st-largest library system (and the fourth-largest public library system) in the United States. It is composed of the Main Library on Woodward Avenue, which houses the library's administration offices, and 23 branch locations across the city. The Main Library is part of Detroit's Cultural Center Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places adjacent to Wayne State University campus and across from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Designed by Cass Gilbert, the Detroit Public Library was constructed with Vermont marble and serpentine Italian marble trim in an Italian Renaissance style. His son, Cass Gilbert, Jr. was a partner with Francis Keally in the design of the library's additional wings added in 1963. Among his other buildings, Cass Gilbert designed the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., the Minnesota State Capitol and the Woolworth Building in New York City. (en)
  • La Biblioteca Pública de Detroit (en inglés, Detroit Public Library) es el segundo sistema de bibliotecas más grande del estado estadounidense de Míchigan por volumen (después de la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Míchigan) y es el vigésimo primer sistema de bibliotecas más grande (y el cuarto sistema de bibliotecas públicas más grande) en los Estados Unidos.​ Está compuesto por la Biblioteca Principal en Woodward Avenue, que está situada en Midtown Detroit y alberga las oficinas administrativas de la biblioteca y 23 sucursales en toda la ciudad. La Biblioteca Principal es parte del que figura en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos adyacente al campus de la Universidad Estatal Wayne y frente al Instituto de Artes de Detroit. Diseñada por Cass Gilbert, la Biblioteca Pública de Detroit se construyó con mármol de Vermont y molduras serpenteantes de mármol italiano en un estilo neorrenacentista italiano. Su hijo, Cass Gilbert, Jr. fue socio de en el diseño de las alas adicionales de la biblioteca agregadas en 1963. Entre otros edificios, Gilbert diseñó el Edificio de la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos en Washington D. C., el Capitolio de Minnesota y el Woolworth Building en la Nueva York.​ (es)
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  • The Detroit Public Library is the second largest library system in the U.S. state of Michigan by volumes held (after the University of Michigan Library) and the 21st-largest library system (and the fourth-largest public library system) in the United States. It is composed of the Main Library on Woodward Avenue, which houses the library's administration offices, and 23 branch locations across the city. The Main Library is part of Detroit's Cultural Center Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places adjacent to Wayne State University campus and across from the Detroit Institute of Arts. (en)
  • La Biblioteca Pública de Detroit (en inglés, Detroit Public Library) es el segundo sistema de bibliotecas más grande del estado estadounidense de Míchigan por volumen (después de la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Míchigan) y es el vigésimo primer sistema de bibliotecas más grande (y el cuarto sistema de bibliotecas públicas más grande) en los Estados Unidos.​ Está compuesto por la Biblioteca Principal en Woodward Avenue, que está situada en Midtown Detroit y alberga las oficinas administrativas de la biblioteca y 23 sucursales en toda la ciudad. La Biblioteca Principal es parte del que figura en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos adyacente al campus de la Universidad Estatal Wayne y frente al Instituto de Artes de Detroit. (es)
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