The Honan-Allston branch of the Boston Public Library is located at 300 North Harvard Street in Lower Allston.

[1] The materials used to build the library include slate panels, shingles and rough sculpings, unfinished iron-wood cladding, and wood windows.

[4] The Honan-Allston Branch has partnered with the Jackson Mann School and the Jackson Mann Community Center as part of Mayor Menino's Community Learning Initiative, a multi-department collaboration aimed at helping Boston's youth reach their full capacity by combining learning and recreation.

Library service began in 1889 in a delivery station in Frank Howe's drugstore at 26 Franklin Street.

The demand for books increased as the delivery station grew, and volunteers organized expanded library services.

Laptop-friendly tables and study carrels are located in the adult reading area; each has a power source at the seat and access to wired and wireless Internet connections.

The park’s planning and design team included the landscape architectural firm Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Inc. and representatives from Harvard and the Boston Redevelopment Authority.

Instead, a funnel feature will redirect rainwater to a small wild garden at the north section of the park, thus allowing for sustainability and the reduction of flooding in the neighborhood.

One hundred and fifty trees and other foliage around the park’s border surround an open lawn in the center, along with a misting fountain built with three granite lion heads, salvaged from a Western Ave.

The park’s eastern area features an open-air "classroom" for public and library programming and has space for 50 people.