Among those libraries he helped fund were four in Santa Cruz: on Church Street, East Cliff Drive, Soquel Avenue and Woodrow Avenue. As America prepares to celebrate a milestone of its own — its 250th birthday — the Carnegie Corporation of New York has bestowed Santa Cruz Public Libraries with a $20,000 gift through its Carnegie Libraries 250 initiative, celebrating the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. “Carnegie’s formula was simple,” Christopher Platt, Santa Cruz Public Libraries director, said in a statement. Outside the Santa Cruz Public Libraries system, but still within Santa Cruz County, Carnegie also funded a library on Union Street in Watsonville, which was designed by Weeks and constructed by The Granite Rock Co. As part of Carnegie Libraries 250, the Carnegie Corporation is asking people to submit photos and memories of the Carnegie Libraries they have visited.