Brand Library & Art Center — Attraction in Glendale

Saved my life as a kid (well, one of the things that did). Brand Library was an oasis — a place to get away from home as a teenager, but equally a great place to be and hang out. We could look at a lot of art books that weren't at other libraries, or at galleries or museums in such abundance; where we could check out/listen to music that we otherwise might not have known about or heard, or learn the words to something we'd heard in passing... and because of that maybe learn how to play it ourselves , and become aware that some of those people and instruments and that music we could go listen to in person somewhere... Without the internet at the time, it helped us understand there were other worlds out there. Even with the internet, it was a cool place to be and know about and have passed along to us, be able to pass it on to...

Love this park. I've been going there ever since I was a child. I've already done a Maps review on the park with photos and this just popped up to rewrite it so and being there up there today was really nice it's like I'm going back home and you know tons of school buses tons of children it's a great family park with a Japanese tea house with koi fish and turtles and the tons of hiking trails and baseball diamonds and a really nice children's play area and of course the the brand Park library. And if you take a little hike, you can find the Brand family burial cemetery and Mr brand himself is actually buried...

I have been frequenting the library, the gallery and the park for many years. It's one of favorite small parks to go to. It is an art library where I have looked up many art books and artists. It has an art gallery that hosts good art and artists. It houses a Japanese tea house and a garden. It houses the doctors house (Victorian house) that was moved from downtown Glendale to the library location. It has a park and small baseball field. And because it sits at the foothill of the hills there several trails the person can...