Strathcona Library: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 18:12, 4 July 2023

Revision as of 05:26, 11 September 2023

Line 11:

| publictransit = {{rint|edmonton|ets}} {{rint|bus|1}} {{rbox|701||royalblue}}}}

The '''Strathcona Library''', one of the oldest libraries in [[Alberta]], completed in 1913, was the first library erected in the City of Edmonton.<ref name="Just Getting Started: Edmonton Public Library's First 100 years, 1913-2013">{{cite book|last=Babiak|first=Todd|title=Just Getting Started: Edmonton Public Library's First 100 years, 1913-2013|year=2013|publisher=[[The University of Alberta Press and The Edmonton Public Library]]|page=17-23}}</ref> Nevertheless, the Strathcona Library does have a complex background as to its historical status within the [[Edmonton Public Library]] system.<ref>{{cite book |title=First annual report of the Edmonton Public Library and Strathcona Public Library |year=1913 |___location=Edmonton |urlid=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Annual-Report-Edmonton-Library-Strathcona/dp/{{ASIN|1528043901|country=uk}} }}</ref> It is located on 104th Street, a block off of [[Whyte Avenue]] in the heart of [[Old Strathcona]]. Situated next to [[Wilbert McIntyre]] Park, the iconic Old Strathcona Gazebo, and the year-round Old Strathcona Farmer's Market, the Strathcona Library is often a central gathering area for much of the local community. During the annual [[Edmonton International Fringe Festival]] in the surrounding area, the Strathcona Library often hosts a large booksale to help shift aging and excess material from [[Edmonton Public Library|Edmonton Public Library's]] circulation.

==History==