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The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (commonly known as the Main Branch, the 42nd Street Library, or just the New York Public Library [b]) is the flagship building in the New York Public Library system in the Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The branch, one of four research libraries in the library system, has nine divisions ...
Library Image Address Historical Note; 1: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (Main Branch) Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street: Built after the New York Public Library was formed as a combination of two libraries in the late 1890s.
In early 2008, Schwarzman announced that he contributed $100 million toward the expansion of the New York Public Library, which he serves as a trustee. The central reference building on 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue was renamed The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. [54]
The New York Public Library: Its Architecture and Decoration (1986) Reed, Henry Hope (2011). The New York Public Library: The Architecture and Decoration of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. New York, NY: W.W. Norton and Company. ISBN 978-0-393-07810-7. Sherman, Scott (2015).
Owens also serves on the advisory council of the New York Public Library. In November 2023, Owens withdrew her company's sponsorship of the 2023 National Book Award due to concerns that a potential call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict by participating authors could be perceived as discriminatory against Israel and the Jewish community.
Stephen Schwarzman's Newport home, Miramar, with the then-intact section of Cliff Walk ... and dedicated New York University’s academic building — the John A. Paulson Center — in 2022 ...
Before the Schwarzman's ownership of Miramar, Superstorm Sandy in October 2012 washed out several sections of the walk, including a cement walk at the edge of Miramar, closing about half of the ...
The Research collections on Dance, Music, and Theatre were located at the New York Public Library Main Branch, now named the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, and the circulating music collection was located in the 58th Street Library.