The Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library is a branch of the

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in the

Cleveland Park Cleveland Park is a residential neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. It is located at and bounded approximately by Rock Creek Park to the east, Wisconsin and Idaho Avenues to the west, Klingle and Woodley Roads to the sou ...

neighborhood of

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It is located at 3310 Connecticut Avenue NW. A library building opened on the site in 1953 and was replaced in 2018 by a larger facility that was built at a cost of $19.7 million. The new library's design garnered praise and plaudits;

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described it as "strikingly stylish" and it won the 2019 Urban Catalyst award from the local chapter of the

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. {{Gallery , title = , align =center , footer = , style = , state = , height = , width = , captionstyle = , File:Cleveland_Park_Library_entrance.jpg , alt1=The sign outside the new Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library in 2018. , The sign outside the new Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library in 2018., File:Cleveland_Park_Library_interior.jpg , alt2=Shelving and seating inside the new Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library. , The interior of the new Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library in 2018.

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External links

Official website
Cleveland Park Public libraries in Washington, D.C.