St. Louis's Central Library has been closed since I've arrived in St. Louis and only recently reopened. I'm so glad I made the trip--the inside is gorgeous. The building was designed by Cass Gilbert and built in 1912. The outside is fine--although, as usual, too low to the ground for my taste: my East Coast sensibilities just long for a big rotunda slapped on top.
This is the main reading room. It's an awe-inspiring room--all of the ceilings in the place are incredible.
I think that the renovations are very tactfully done: the library certainly isn't all restored with original furnishings; rather, it's updated and modern, and the new art and the old art, and the new shelves and the old shelves are tastefully combined.
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