Check It Out: The Philadelphian’s Guide to Local Libraries
From pop-up beer gardens to indoor play spaces, our local libraries are about so much more than books these days.
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Parkway Central Library | Photograph by Stuart Goldenberg
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Published as “Check It Out: The Know-It-All Guide” in the March 2018 issue of Philadelphia magazine.