Summary
The Enoch Pratt Free Library is the public library system of Baltimore, Md., and is one of the oldest free public library systems in the United States. The first branch, the Central Library on Baltimore's Mulberry Street, opened on Jan. 5, 1886, and four additional branches opened over the next three months. The libraries, as well as an endowment of more than $1 million, were a gift to the Mayor and the City Council from Enoch Pratt, a notable 19th century Baltimore businessman and philanthropist. Today, there are 22 branches of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, including the Southeast Anchor Library in Highlandtown, which opened in May 2007. The library also offers a Bookmobile service, in which a library on...
The Enoch Pratt Free Library is the public library system of Baltimore, Md., and is one of the oldest free public library systems in the United States. The first branch, the Central Library on Baltimore's Mulberry Street, opened on Jan. 5, 1886, and four additional branches opened over the next three months. The libraries, as well as an endowment of more than $1 million, were a gift to the Mayor and the City Council from Enoch Pratt, a notable 19th century Baltimore businessman and philanthropist. Today, there are 22 branches of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, including the Southeast Anchor Library in Highlandtown, which opened in May 2007. The library also offers a Bookmobile service, in which a library on wheels visits local schools.
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Carmelita Coolahan, 91
Carmelita M. Coolahan, a retired nurse, died Thursday of complications from old age at her Cambridge home. The former Wilkens Avenue resident was 91. Born Carmelita Lehman in Baltimore and raised in Westminster, she was a 1932 graduate of St. John's High...Tags: Christianity, Roman Catholic, Hospitals and Clinics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Severna Park
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ROSWELL ENCINA
Roswell Encina loves "being surrounded by knowledge," which is why he jumped on the opportunity to become the director of communications at the Enoch Pratt Free Library last year. The former TV reporter, who currently lives in Fells Point, worked as a...Tags: Fells Point, John F. Kennedy, Political Systems, Jimmy Carter, Caroline Kennedy
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Genevieve W. Mason
Genevieve W. Mason, a retired Baltimore City schools media specialist and teacher who was an Enoch Pratt Free Library activist, died of cancer June 12 at Gilchrist Hospice Center. She was 87 and lived in the Charlestown retirement community. Born...Tags: Booker T. Washington, Colleges and Universities, NAACP, Druid Hill, Death and Dying
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Literary Arts
Literary ArtsBarnes & Noble at the Power Plant // 601 E. Pratt St. / 410-385-1709. • 7 p.m. Monday: Former Sen. Tom Daschle discusses and signs Critical: What We Can Do About the Health Care Issue. Barnes & Noble // 1819 Reisterstown Road,...Tags: Pikesville, Elkton, Poetry, Tom Daschle, Reisterstown
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Hill alive with 'Sound of Music'
Sun reporterFlicks From the Hill, a free outdoor film series sponsored by the American Visionary Art Museum, opens Thursday with Robert Wise's 1965 adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and a cast of...Tags: John Waters, Colesville, Julie Andrews, Ringo Starr, Robert Jr Wise
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Facade, function smartly combined
Regarding the refurbished Roland Park branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Rene J. Muller suggests that the original version of the building, "with its synergistic, neoclassical elements, made a strong aesthetic statement that could be parsed in one...Tags: Architecture, Roland Park
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Facade, function smartly combined
Regarding the refurbished Roland Park branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Rene J. Muller suggests that the original version of the building, "with its synergistic, neoclassical elements, made a strong aesthetic statement that could be parsed in one...Tags: Architecture, Roland Park
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Now 10, charity looks ahead
Sun reporterIt's taken on drug addiction and tackled school suspensions. It's helped dozens of social entrepreneurs start nonprofits in some of the dreariest corners of Baltimore and along the way forged strong bonds with the city's political, social and financial...Tags: Mysteries, Locust Point, Sheila Dixon, Academic Progress, Elections
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Renovated library a real treasure
I was stunned to see the restored and renovated Roland Park branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library treated as the poster child for "inferior architecture" in Rene Muller's column "Inferior architecture for culture in decline" (Commentary, April 14). As...Tags: Family, Architecture, Towson University, Roland Park
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Renovated library a real treasure
I was stunned to see the restored and renovated Roland Park branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library treated as the poster child for "inferior architecture" in Rene Muller's column "Inferior architecture for culture in decline" (Commentary, April 14). As...Tags: Family, Architecture, Towson University, Roland Park
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