Whitman Library — Attraction in Philadelphia

I usually love this place, the staff are excellent, friendly and very helpful. My complaint is that the website is NEVER up to date regarding hours or closures or right now--drop off. Why not put on the website that you can ONLY return books through the drop off during certain hours 2 days a week. Why does someone have to go to the library to find this out, especially during a pandemic!? Not everyone lives in the immediate area of the library and can randomly walk around to see a typed sign on the fence or the door is...

They’re ok with homeless people standing and sleeping outside most days, but not ok with young children having a lemonade stand on the sidewalk. That is considered “soliciting”. All of the bad things the kids could be doing & all they wanted to do was sell lemonade on their last day of school. Such an ignorant woman that works there that should not be working with people. She was yelling and screaming at the mom of one of the young boys. The employee had to be removed from the situation by...

Whitman library is great, a serious library, yes, but they have lots of things for the kids to do there and lots of good information for the general public too, (I just wish that I wasn't banned for life from having a library card for trusting my grandsons....... aunt...... [I'll leave out the adjectives for her irresponsible, immature self... oh, sorry,] when she said 'I'll take his things back' - and then they vanished into the ether- I have other, younger grandchildren now.) Oh well- the...