Handbook of The New York Public Library
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Handbook of The New York Public Library - New York Public Library
New York Public Library
Handbook of The New York Public Library
Published by Good Press, 2022
goodpress@okpublishing.info
EAN 4064066209957
Table of Contents
THE CENTRAL BUILDING
THE CENTRAL BUILDING
THE CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE LIBRARY
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARY
BRANCH LIBRARIES
PUBLICATIONS OF THE LIBRARY
THE CROTON RESERVOIR
Footnote
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Although the purpose of this Handbook is to tell the principal facts about the Library as an institution, its chief use is likely to be that of a guide to the Central Building. The section about the Central Building is therefore given first place. Any visitor who cares to take the trouble, before beginning his tour of the Building, to read the brief historical sketch (on pages 63-73) will have a better understanding of the organization and work of the Library, and see the reasons for a number of things which might not otherwise be clear.
THE CENTRAL BUILDING
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Open: Week days, including holidays, 9 A.M. to 10 P.M.
Sundays, 1 P.M. to 10 P.M.
(Except where otherwise noted these are the hours of the special reading rooms.)
THE CENTRAL BUILDING
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The Central Building of The New York Public Library is on the western side of Fifth Avenue, occupying the two blocks between 40th and 42nd Streets. It stands on part of the site of the old Croton distributing reservoir, and it was built by the City of New York at a cost of about nine million dollars.
Competitions to choose the architect for the building were held in 1897, two years after The New York Public Library was incorporated. The result of the competition was the selection of Messrs. Carrère and Hastings, of New York, as architects. In 1899 the work of removing the old reservoir began. Various legal difficulties and labor troubles delayed beginning the construction of the building, but by November 10, 1902, the work had progressed so far that the cornerstone was laid. The building was opened to the public May 23, 1911, in the presence of the President of the United States, the Governor of the State of New York, the Mayor of New York, and an audience of about six hundred persons.
Exterior. The material of the building is largely Vermont marble, and the style that of the modern Renaissance, somewhat in the manner of the period of Louis XVI, with certain modifications to suit the conditions of to-day. It is rectangular in shape, 390 feet long and 270 feet deep, built around two inner courts. It has a cellar, basement or ground floor, and three upper floors.
MAIN ENTRANCE
The Library,
wrote Mr. A. C. David, in the Architectural Record[1], "is undeniably popular. It has already taken its place in the public mind as a building