The Denver Public Library

After having lived here a year I finally got around to getting my Denver Public Library Card.  And lately, since I got my first Stillman and Birn sketchbook I can’t stop sketching in and around the library.

The part of the Denver Public Library in this sketch was designed by Michael Graves and built in 1995 as an addition to a much smaller original portion that can’t be seen on the other side of this building.  It shares a large plaza with the Denver Art Museum, and it’s a great place to sketch and people-watch.

Inside the large round area are several floors of great spaces to draw.

The reference area, on the third floor:

The 5th floor Western History and Genealogy Dept has this beautiful wooden “oil derrick” in the middle of the room.

and this other nice, open reading space:

And the views of downtown Denver are fantastic.

by Paul Heaston