Newberry turns 100 // N. Side library renovated in high-tech style From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: August 3, 1987| Author: Alf Siewers | Copyright (null) Chicago Sun-Times. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Meet Chicago's second public library, 100 years young.

Its better-known big brother, the Chicago Public Library, is still in temporary quarters, a book in search of a cover.

But the privately funded Newberry Library is snug in a renovated building and high-tech addition as it puts 100 candles on its cake in a celebration that begins next month.

Quietly, this Romanesque landmark at 60 W. Walton is what the public edition aspires to be: A world-class public library.<...

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