On Friday, Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 got a sneak peek of the nearly completed renovation of the Braddock Carnegie Library. The building, which is Andrew Carnegie’s first library built in the U.S., ...

The library was started in the late 19th century, and was incorporated in 1916 with a $30,000 grant from steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie. LONG BRANCH -- While a violinist and bassist played classical ...

The Carnegie libraries were part of a philanthropic venture by steel industrialist Andrew Carnegie. There were 2,509 ...

Family quarters were built in dozens of New York City branches for custodians with the grueling job of stoking the coal-fired furnaces. The abandoned custodial apartment inside the Hudson Park ...

At a time when America struggled -- often violently -- to sort out the competing claims of democracy and individual gain, Carnegie championed both. He saw himself as a hero of working people, yet ...

For most of my life, I’ve been interested in matters of scale — the extremes, from the unknowable vastness of our universe to ...

Fitted to the contour of a steep bluff with Lake Michigan visible to the east, a prominent historic landmark in downtown Waukegan is set to reopen in its original style and with renewed purpose.

Thanks to last year’s big expansion of evening hours, more people are visiting the 19 branches of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. But officials added that projected budget deficits starting ...

At a time when America struggled -- often violently -- to sort out the competing claims of democracy and individual gain, Carnegie championed both. He saw himself as a hero of working people, yet ...