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Parkside Branch Library
Architects Appleton and Wolfard designed eight modern libraries in the 1950s and 60s for the San Francisco Public Library.
Parkside Library
Parkside branch of the San Francisco Public Library at 1200 Taraval Street., circa 1950 -
Architects Appleton and Wolfard designed eight modern libraries in the 1950s and 1960s for the San Francisco Public Library, the largest number completed by a single firm. The first, the Parkside branch at Taraval Street and 22nd Avenue, set the pattern for the rest. In the early 2000s, these buildings faced rehabilitation to bring them into compliance with current codes and ADA rules under a bond passed by voters in 2000. The upgrades did not alter their modern character significantly. ....

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