CityLine: Sun. March 28, 2021: Dr. Priscilla Douglas, BPL

KAREN: WELCOME BACK. THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY IS ONE OF BOSTON’S AND THE COUNTRIES MOST HISTORIC INSTANT — COUNTRY’S HISTORIC INSTITUTIONS. ESTABLISHED IN 1848 IT WAS THE LARGEST FREE MUNICIPAL LIBRARY IN THE UNITED STATES. ITS LANDMARK LOCATION CARRIES AN INSCRIPTION ON ITS EASTERN EXTERIOR DEDICATED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING. IT HAS BEEN THE CENTRAL LIBRARY SINCE 1895. TODAY THERE ARE 26 BRANCHES IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND BOSTON LIKE JAMAICA PLAIN, CHINATOWN, ROXBURY, AND ROSLINDALE, SERVING MORE THAN 600,000 RESIDENTS. JOINING US TODAY IS DR. PRISCILLA DOUGLAS, THE NEW…