Carrere and Hastings, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYPL
PROTECTED! On Tuesday, August 8th, the LPC designated the Rose Main Reading Room, and the Catalog Room, now known as the Bill Blass Public Catalog Room on the third floor of the Beaux-Arts Individual Landmark New York Public Library. Read more coverage of this...
Beaux Arts, NYPL, slide lecture, Tours and Events
NYPL Rose Reading Room (photo by Paul Lowry)Noted architectural historian Francis Morrone delivered a beautifully illustrated slide lecture on the architecture and decoration of the 42nd Street Library to LANDMARK WEST! guests and fellow advocates for the 42nd Street...
Advocacy, architecture, landmark, Manhattan, New York City, NYPL, preservation
As reported by intern Melissa Doherty Protestors on the steps of the NYPLYesterday, a rally was held at the 42nd street New York Public Library in protest of the Central Library Plan (CLP), during a meeting of the library’s trustees. This plan, proposed by...
guest blog, Horn and Hardart, intern, NYPL, West 72nd Street
The student becomes the teacher! Recently, LW! graduate intern Kate Gilmore took two of our summer high school interns on a trip to the New York Public Library, to share with them one of the places in New York City that, as a historic preservation student, Kate...
