Boston Public Library, McKim Building

Just after the electrical fire, showing generator outside the building.

The Boston Central Library is located in Copley Square in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood. The central library consists of McKim Building and Johnson Building, and the two buildings are attached and interconnected with interior passageways. The central library as a whole with the two buildings combined contains 930,000 square feet (of space and houses 21,000,000 items in its collections as of 2015.

Photo 51, Mar 2012

Boston Public Library, McKim Building

With the Prudential Tower in the background.

Photo 100, Jan 2011

Boston Public Library, Johnson Building

Photo 26, 1979