The first public library in Salt Lake opened in 1898, but the current Main Salt Lake City Library is a modern icon of Salt Lake's progress and modernity. Designed by Moshe Safdie, it's a beautiful glass structure full of natural light. It's massive at 240,000 square feet and include stores, art galleries, a coffee shop and the home of KCPW (not to mention an excellent book, magazine and media collection). The outdoor area is really a large park full of native plants and water features that in June hosts the Utah Arts Festival.
The roof is also a garden that can be accessed by a long curving outdoor stairway, or with the inside glass elevators. From the top all of Salt Lake is visible this vantage point. Inside or out—the library is not the stuffy old-school type setting or atmosphere—it's just a really great place to hang out or get inspired.
The Library is located across from City Hall in Library Square at: 210 East and 400 South
Monday - Thursday 9 - 9
Friday and Saturday 9 - 6
Sunday 1 - 5
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