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  • Two accessible entrances
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Bus Routes

54C, 61A, 61B, 61C, 67A, 67C, 67E, 67F, 67J, 69, 71A, 71B, 71C, 71D, 75, 93

All bus routes are subject to change. Please visit the Port Authority of Allegheny County for up-to-date schedules.

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About
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Located in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Main serves as the primary, full-service resource for current and historic materials and information for Pittsburgh.

Learn more about our efforts to envision the role of CLP – Main in a fast-evolving city and region.

Events

Latest From the Library

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“I Got You”: An Interview with Sharon G. Flake, The Skin I’m In 20 Years Later

Tue., Oct. 16
Twenty years after its publication, Sharon G. Flake’s bestselling, Coretta Scott King award winning novel is as relevant today as the first day it was published. Here, at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, I sat down with Sharon to ask questions about The Skin I’m In, her life as an author and how the library had an influence on her as a child.

Staff Picks

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Bonnie Main (Oakland)

Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now

This emotional roller coaster features our teen heroine, Tiffany Sly, whose life is upended when she is forced to move in with strangers--the family of the father she has never met.
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Marita Main (Oakland)

Eerie Reads for Autumn Nights

October is my favorite month, and there's nothing like spending a chilly night with a suspenseful book. While none of these books are necessarily "horror" proper, each will haunt you through either mesmerizing stories or oddly memorable characters.