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556:, the library was closed, leaving San Juan without a public library. In 1991, the Department of Education, "supported by a group of citizens interested in the library, decided to restore the building." The next year, a law was passed which permitted the Department of Education integrate the community by subdelegating the administration of the library to a governmental agency or NGO. The organization selected was the Biblioteca Carnegie Board of Trustees, reopening in 1995. In 2010, the San Juan municipal legislature approved an ordinance to accept the library building, possessions and land from the Department of Education, per a Legislative Assembly resolution. After which, then- 172: 185: 1206: 22: 1675: 192: 1658: 577:, equipment and breakfasts supplied by the municipality, while lunches were the Department's responsibility, as well as Wi-Fi and a radio with direct communication to the municipality's Emergency Management Office and establishing an identification card system for the 182 students and 31 faculty, amounting to a sum of $ 85,000 investment. 501:. It was remodelled with some alterations on the floors and reopened in 1969, albeit with a reduced number of visitors, registering 7,000 users that year. That same year it hosted its first Salón de Humoristas de Puerto Rico ("Puerto Rico Comedian's Hall"), which would continue for 22 years, displaying the work of humourists such as 1745: 649:("baby's library") hosted children's festival, while it held "la hora del cuento ("story hour") with older children. The teenagers' room had book and computers, prepared for their homework or entertainment. It also hosted computer classes for the elderly, and invited the homeless to use their facilities as well. 465:
stylings and was designed and built by the Puerto Rican engineer Ramón Carbia in 1914, when work on the project commenced on land donated by the Puerto Rico government. In June 1916, the collection of the Insular Library, which had previously been known as the San Juan Public Library, was transferred
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commenced the "total disinterest of the municipality in preserving it" however "community efforts have been made to reopen it without success." After the José Julián Acosta Theater Arts School, located a down the street, was declared "partially not apt for use" after the
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present their "masterpieces" at exhibitions held in the library's exhibition hall on the upper floor. It was also the meeting place for the first meetings and exhibitions of the Academy of Heraldic and Historical Studies and the Theatre Board, then directed by
470:. In its first forty years of service the library had nine reading rooms, membership, with an average of 200 daily visitors. Under the 222 Law of 1946 a $ 6,000 amount was made available to the library's board of trustees, with the intent of establishing the 572:
announced an agreement with the Department of Education to rehabilitate the library and transfer students temporarily, using 11 classrooms and a recreative area at the library and supplying the use of the Ateneo Puertorriqueño's theatre and the
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to the building and the library, which was named Biblioteca Carnegie, itself was inaugurated on 27 July, when the Puerto Rican government formally accepted the donation. From 1917 till 2010, the library was administered by the
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In 1983 the state architect of Puerto Rico wrote "This is a fine Neoclassical, 2-storied building with a rectangular plan." but noted that the building "has not been properly maintained and is in fair condition."
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During the following decades, it closed by season and had its working hours reduced as a result of lack of funds. Additionally, in 1989, as a consequence to the significant damages the building suffered during
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and District court judges as well as prosecutors to check out most books for a maximum of thirty days. Among the collection there were books from the collections from three
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brother, with two vehicles carrying books for children and adults, as users ranged from elementary-level school children to adults aged eighty to ninety-years old.
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himself, it hosted a camp for children below the poverty line, with meals provided by the Department of Education's school cafeterias. Its
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San Juan Free Library, which was a merger of five pre-existing libraries under Spanish-rule: the library of the
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friendship with Carnegie himself. Its origins stem from the Insular Library created in 1903, created by the
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was authorized to organize and equip the Biblioteca Rodante, which offered it services through the use of
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However, in 1965, the library was closed to due the deterioration, which in response
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GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO, JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO (7 December 2022).
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In addition, the library was host to the first meetings of the
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Cultural Center in 1973 and held thirty-six "UNESCO
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Biblioteca Carnegie is located in Puerto Rico
Puerta de Tierra, Puerto Rico
18°28′6″N 66°6′34″W / 18.46833°N 66.10944°W / 18.46833; -66.10944
Classical Revival
Puerta de Tierra Historic District
ID100002936
83004196
Avenida Juan Ponce de León
Puerta de Tierra
San Juan, Puerto Rico
NRHP
Carnegie library
Carnegie Foundation
Education Commissioner

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