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    Handbook of The New York Public Library
    Handbook of The New York Public Library
    Handbook of The New York Public Library
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    Handbook of The New York Public Library

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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    New York Public Library

    The New York Public Library is a free provider of education and information for the people of New York and beyond. With 92 locations—including research and branch libraries—throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island, the Library offers free materials, computer access, classes, exhibitions, programming and more to everyone from toddlers to scholars, and has seen record numbers of attendance and circulation in recent years. The New York Public Library serves more than 18 million patrons who come through its doors annually and millions more around the globe who use its resources. To offer this wide array of free programming, The New York Public Library relies on both public and private funding. Learn more about how you can help support the library on their website.

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      Handbook of The New York Public Library - New York Public Library

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      Title: Handbook of The New York Public Library

      Author: New York Public Library

      Release Date: January 31, 2009 [EBook #27954]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HANDBOOK--NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ***

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      CENTRAL BUILDING

      THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

      HANDBOOK

      of

      THE NEW YORK PUBLIC

      LIBRARY

      1916

      Copyright, 1916, by

      The New York Public Library

      CONTENTS

      FIRST FLOOR

      SECOND FLOOR

      THIRD FLOOR

      BASEMENT

      NOTE

      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

      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

      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

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