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Check out new photos from inside the new Park Street Library @ the Lyric building, including a look at the beautiful reproductions of the...

HARTFORD, May 10, 2021 – The Park Library branch will cease operations at its current location on Friday, May 21 after 46 years of...

We are excited to share photos of some of the progress that has been made on the Park Street Library! Work has continued on both the...

HPL is launching a legacy campaign for the new Park Street Library @ the Lyric! Become a permanent part of Hartford’s Frog Hallow...

January 22, 2021: The excitement is building in the Frog Hollow neighborhood as the new Park Street Library continues moving towards a...

December 17, 2020: Early winter, we should see the windows go in and lights come on. With an estimated soft opening in the summer 2021,...

October 14, 2020: Excited about the new Park Street Library coming in the summer of 2021? We are thrilled with the progress being made...

July 10, 2020: In just a couple of weeks we've gone from in the ground work and a beam signing ceremony to the first tangible signs of...

June 25, 2020: Community members and leaders sign a second floor support beam to commemorate the new phase of the project. Julissa Diaz...

Demolition began January 15 on the crumbling Lyric Theatre, the future site of the Park Street Library. Aided by an excavator, crews...

July 23, 2019: Great turnout at the official groundbreaking for the new, 13,000 square-foot Park Street Library this morning! The new...

The Connecticut State Library Board voted to approve Hartford Public Library’s construction grant for $1,000,000 at its November 23rd...