Woodridge Neighborhood Library

Woodridge Neighborhood Library
Woodridge Neighborhood Library
	Woodridge Neighborhood Library in 2021
	38°55′39″N 76°58′43″W / 38.927517°N 76.978716°W
Location	1801 Hamlin Street NE Washington, DC 20018, United States
Type	Public library
Established	1958; reopened 2016
Branch of	District of Columbia Public Library
Other information
Website	https://www.dclibrary.org/woodridge

The Woodridge Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the Woodridge neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is located at 1801 Hamlin Street NE.^[1]^[2] A small sub-branch library at 2206 Rhode Island Ave NE served the neighborhood starting in 1929, and a full-fledged library branch opened at the current site in 1958.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] It was replaced in 2016 by a new, 20,000-square-foot library built at a cost of $16.5 million, after nearly three years of construction. The new building was designed by Wiencek & Associates and Bing Thom Architects.^[7]^[8]^[9]

The new library's roof terrace is the first of its kind in the city.^[8] It is used for library and community programming, including concerts hosted by the DC Punk Archive.^[2]

References

^ "Woodridge Library". District of Columbia Public Library. September 14, 2010. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "DC Punk Archive's Summer Concert Series Comes To Woodridge Library's Rooftop". The Brookland Bridge. July 21, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
^ "Woodridge Library History". District of Columbia Public Library. July 23, 2009. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
^ "Speech at Woodridge Branch Library dedication | Dig DC". Dig DC. January 16, 1958. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
^ Austermuhle, Martin (June 29, 2012). "The New Cathedral: D.C.'s Rebuilt Public Libraries Draw Praise for Design and Purpose". DCist. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
^ "Woodridge Library Celebrates Its 90 Year Anniversary With A Day-Long Celebration Saturday". The Brookland Bridge. December 4, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
^ "Woodridge Library". District of Columbia Public Library. October 27, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Mattiace, Gaia (September 20, 2016). "Ward 5 Library Set to Reopen". The Hoya. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
^ Sadon, Rachel (September 22, 2016). "Photos: There's 'Not A Bad View' In The Dramatic New Woodridge Library". DCist. Archived from the original on November 21, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2021.