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| - Walking north on Central Ave. is how I stumbled upon the Burton Barr Central Library. At first I thought that I was coming up on one of Phoenix art museums so I was totally pleased to see that this cool structure was the library. Other yelpers have done justice with their description, so I can't add more there.
One really cool feature of this library is the children's section on the first floor. Walk past the reflection pool, heading south and you'll find an extensive children's section. It served as a perfect and *free* place for our small party of toddlers to kill some time. There is a low, curved bench with cubbies full of books which piqued our girl's interest. The bench seat had various art embedded into it, providing it texture. Another great part of the kid's section is the large, dark blue felt feature on the wall. Several small, bright & colorful pieces of felt in the shape of familiar cats & fish and the unfamiliar coyotes can be be placed at will. This is an idea I'll definitely steal!
There is an adjoining courtyard next to that section. It is enclosed with a curving tall fence, part of which is made with colorful sections of purple, blue, red, etc. We weren't able to access it because they closed it due to mud.
Minus a star because the main info desk and the kid's info desk couldn't help us find what we were looking for (a park just due west of the library), but that is minor.
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