Central Memorial Library and Park, located just south of Calgary’s downtown, opened to the public in 1912 and reflect official efforts to create an attractive and cultured new city in the west. The library is a handsome, classically-inspired building with a massive portico and grand staircase. It is one of the largest and most imposing of the 125 Carnegie libraries built across Canada. Designed as a unit, the library and its surrounding park have formed a social, cultural, educational, and memorial centre for Calgarians for more than a century. Developed during Calgary’s first major economic and population boom at the turn of the 20th century, they illustrate the confidence and optimism of the young city of Calgary.

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