How a 13-ton piece of public art no one wanted found a Minnesota home When the old Minneapolis Central Library was demolished, John Rood’s “Scroll” sculpture had to move.

The committee also voted to create a partnership among the city, the Library Board and Hennepin County, to be investigated as part of the 2004 budget process. That same day, the Minneapolis Planning ...

Outside the Minneapolis Central Library, a public seating area is decorated for the winter holidays, with festive evergreen boughs and red dogwood sticks. And it’s surrounded by tall metal ...

A series of green roofs, advanced cooling and heating systems and low energy lights slash the energy cost by nearly a 3rd, making the building a lesson in how deep green design benefits everyone.

Minneapolis Central Library has an 18,500-square-foot green roof, under-floor ventilation system, and efficient lighting that help it beat Minnesota’s energy code requirements by 27 percent ...

Today Hennepin County celebrates 125 years of library service with an exhibit and presentation at the Minneapolis Central Library.

MinnPost illustration by Andy SturdevantThe Minneapolis Central Library’s picture files are housed on the third floor. Up on the third floor of the Minneapolis Central Library, past the racks of ...

Through the window of the Hiawatha Line light-rail train, riders can see the new Central Library along Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis.

Two new skyways, requested by United Properties, are being planned to connect the Minneapolis Central Library with the developer's proposed 37-story Gateway tower and also connect the library with ...

The newest display at Minneapolis Central Library aims to educate you, but also calls you to action.

It was a poster from the Kittleson Collection on exhibit in the Minneapolis Central Library Hosmer Collection that spurred my reflections. The World War II-era posters depicts a loving mom and ...