PHOENIX — A man has died after he was shot near Burton Barr Library in central Phoenix Sunday afternoon. Phoenix police say ...

Coping with the indefinite closure of Burton Barr Central Library weeks after it flooded during a storm goes well beyond securing the site's half-million books. The 280,000-square-foot building on ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Phoenix police have identified a man who died after being shot in central Phoenix Sunday afternoon. Just ...

After being shot, Phoenix Police say a victim walked into the Burton Barr Central Library in Phoenix on Sunday afternoon for ...

The Burton Barr Central Library is located at 1221 N. Central Avenue. It is Phoenix’s biggest and busiest library; it spans 280,000 square feet and averages about 2,000 visitors a day, according ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A man is dead after being shot near a Phoenix library on Sunday. Just after 2 p.m., officers responded ...

PHOENIX — A man walked to a central Phoenix library looking for help after being shot, the city's police department said. He ...

More than 7,200 of Burton Barr’s Central Library’s 500,000-piece collection were damaged and discarded. Many remaining books have been moved to other branches, and most artworks are being ...

The Burton Barr Central Library has been closed since June 15, 2017 when it became heavily damaged from a corroded fire-sprinkler pipe that burst during a monsoon storm.

Burton Barr Central Library is the flagship of the Phoenix Public Library’s 17-branch system. Designed by Phoenix-based architect Will Bruder, it opened in 1995.

Burton Barr isn't scheduled to reopen until summer 2018. The decrease in visitors and the logistical work following Burton Barr's closure are unprecedented — and the consequences are far-reaching.

Completed in 1995, Burton Barr Phoenix Central Library was an ahead-of-its-time example of sustainable architecture in the public realm. (Bill Tillerman/Courtesy AIA) As detailed by the AIA in its ...