Altgeld

About Altgeld

• Facilities

  • After-hours book return
  • Bike rack
  • City Bill Payment Kiosk
  • Computers (close 10 minutes before the building does)
  • Library of Things
  • Meeting room
  • Parking lot
  • Scanner
  • Study rooms
  • WiFi
  • YOUmedia Recording Studio (for teens only)

• Features

  • Homework help

• Parking

  A parking lot with 18 spaces (including two accessible parking spaces) is available on the north side of the library. Access from 131st Street. There is another parking lot east of the building and street parking is also available in front of the building.

• Accessibility

  • The entire building is ADA accessible.
  • There are two accessible parking spaces in the parking lot on the north side of the building.
  • Two ADA computer workstations: one for adults and one for children. These workstations feature:
  • 24-inch monitor
  • Oversize keyboard
  • Trackball mouse
  • Wheelchair-accessible computer table

  All CPL computers have Windows 10 Ease of Access accessibility resources for vision, hearing, dexterity, mobility, focus and other related needs.