Reviews of Walnut Street West Library (Library)

Steven Burns

Quiet, clean, and always lots of seating. Also, GREAT wifi. I love it here. I get so much work done.

Joanne Nelson

Library in your phone Thank

Kinky Kurls

Absolutely amazing

Narantsogt Baatarkhuu

Great environment, friendly staff and good selection of books and periodicals

James Bradford

Smallish branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia but the staff are really great. When I signed up for a library card online I used my married name and totally forgot going in the first time that my ID still had my old last name on it. They were totally helpful and reasonable and made me feel like less of an idiot for doing that.

J R

Kids love this place. Very peaceful and quite inside. The only drawback is the parking spot is difficult to get in the area. Theu have computers available for you but keep in mind their is a time bar for adults. The audio section is also very good. They have a nice cozy spot for the infants too with lots of playing stuffs. My daughter likes drawing and they have that option as well. All in all you can have enjoyable and peaceful time with kids.

Tia Traore

Great children's section, staff are very pleasant and helpful.

Natalie Cooper

Its a good library very quiet but I think its time to get a bigger selection of African american novels in that section and more movies for both kids and adults.

Rihanna Lewis

Staff is friendly and love the kids area .

Lolita Lawton

Well there's books

Stephen Weber

While one of the smaller branches of the Free Library, its location can't be beat if you are a Drexel or Penn student. Personally, I have all of reservations sent to the Walnut branch, which is both an easy walk or ride on the bus to get to. Reservations are self-serve at this branch, which means you can collect your reservations yourself from the shelves; just look for book spines with the first four letters of your last name and last four numbers of your library card. There seems to be a surprising lack of college students at this branch despite its location as its inhabitants are usually that of the local neighborhood instead. In short, a cozy branch with friendly staff and a great location.

Brady Santoro

Small library, fits in well with the local community. Has mostly low-lying stacks with the occasionally tall case. Has an appalling lack of philosophy, poetry, theology and eastern literature. Has a wonderful children's section and a friendly, helpful library. Is a somewhat cramped space with a misuse of the lower level and a very pretty mural in the lobby. Other then children's librarian and occasional friendly desk person, staff seems kind of grouchy and doesn't seem to really want me there, and seems relieved when I leave, often without a book.Checkout desk is a tight bottleneck, but is efficient all the same. Wonderful, wonderful community center, with a very diverse patronage and authorship. Hosts community events and is very receptive of local schools. Wonderful place but is lacking several vital areas to be satisfactory.

Hermione Gardener

A good library

Glenn Bady

We, my son and daughter, 7 and 9 years old, went to visit this chess club during June 2017. Very hostile and unprofessional lead organizers and branch manager, Bruce Siebers. We enter and wanted to play some friendly chess games against other young chess players. Organizers demanded us to leave and when I begin to ask questions the organizers and Bruce Siebers threaten to call the police on us. So this was their response to young Black boys and girls wanted to play chess, call the police! Should they be allowed to use public space if they want a private venue?

SHAAN DINERO

Pretty quiet, nice staff ,relaxing environment

Mamta Dandekar

A good option to spend some quiet time reading and browsing through the huge collection. Very well maintained.

Brian Feaster

Response to "There seems to be a surprising lack of college students at this branch..." That's because the college students have their own libraries.

Chris Fried

Local Philly library branch.

Elizabeth Stubbs

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Jim Raiss

Great library. They're all good!

Moira Nadal

I love the building, intimate scale, staff, and programming. It is all of the positive things I associate with public libraries.