New York Public Library
Coordinates: 40°45′10″N 73°58′54″W / 40.75270°N 73.98180°W
The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City. It is the second largest public library in the United States.[1]
The library has branches in the boroughs of Manhattan, Bronx and Staten Island.[2] The branch libraries are open to the general public.
History
John Astor gave $400,000 for the creation of a public library. which was built in 1854.[3]
The size and importance of the library grew along with the city.
New York Public Library Media
Lenox copy of the Gutenberg Bible in the New York Public Library
Cross-view of classical details in the Main Branch's entrance portico
Patience and Fortitude, the "Library Lion" statues, in the snowstorm of December 1948
The Library's historical seal, designed by sculptor Victor David Brenner in 1909, best known for designing the Lincoln penny. Though rarely used, the seated personification of wisdom appears on plaques at several branches.
Recto of a 16th-century music manuscript found in the front pastedown of Drexel 4180, a manuscript in the Music Division of the New York Public Library
The Epiphany Branch, on East 23rd Street in Manhattan
Christmas tree at Astor Hall, adjacent to the main entrance to the NYPL's main branch
Main Branch Reading Room, c. 1910–1920
References
- ↑ The Library of Congress is the largest library in the US.
- ↑ The borough of Brooklyn has the Brooklyn Public Library; and the borough of Queens has the Queens Borough Public Library.
- ↑ Lydenberg, Harry Miller. "History of the New York Public Library," Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Vol. 20, July-August 1916, pp. 556–563.
Other websites
- New York Public Library website
- New York Times, "British Architect to Redesign City Library," October 22, 2008; "Sacking a Palace of Culture," April 21, 2012
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