Woodson Regional, Chicago Public Library

9525 S. Halsted Street | Roseland

About

Carter G. Woodson Regional Library is a Chicago Public Library regional hub on the South Side, opened December 19, 1975, and home to the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro?American History and Literature, the largest collection of its kind in the Midwest. An 11,000?square?foot wing opened in 1999 to expand the Harsh Collection, and the branch serves Washington Heights with community programs and a YOUmedia teen recording studio.

Getting there

Parking

On-site parking lot with four accessible spaces on the south side of the building; access from Halsted Street.

Public transit

CTA buses 8A (South Halsted) and 95 (95th) serve 95th & Halsted by the library, with connections east to the Red Line at 95th/Dan Ryan; the Metra Rock Island District’s 95th Street/Longwood station is also nearby.

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