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The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) is a circulating library of the New York Public Library (NYPL) system. It is housed in the former Arnold Constable & Company department store building at 455 Fifth Avenue, on the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 40th Street, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. [1]
These circulating libraries offer a wide range of collections, programs, and services, including the renowned Picture Collection at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library and the Media Center, redistributed from Donnell. The system has 40 libraries in Manhattan, 35 in the Bronx, and 14 in Staten Island.
It includes new facilities for the National Library of Greece (NLG) and the Greek National Opera (GNO), as well as the 210,000 m 2 (2,300,000 sq ft) Stavros Niarchos Park. The center was designed by architect Renzo Piano and its construction was funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. The $861 million project was completed in 2016, and was ...
Library worker who is 6ft2 and 360 pounds sues for $4.6m over ‘trauma’ of having a small desk. ... November 26, 2024 at 11:36 AM. A former worker at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library ...
William Martin’s page-turning tale began in October 2021 when he was told to work at the first-floor service desk at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library on Fifth Avenue in Midtown.
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) was established in 1996 to honor Greek shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos (1909–1996). Niarchos was one of the world's largest transporters of oil and owned the largest supertanker fleet of his time.
In 2023, as part of the program Gefyra, funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, she initiated a collaboration with the Cultural Society of Geraki to study and publish traditional weavings from the village. In 2020, Gerstel criticized plans to convert the Hagia Sophia into a mosque, calling it "anti-Orthodox" and "an attempt at cultural erasure".
Stavros Spyrou Niarchos (Greek: Σταύρος Σπύρου Νιάρχος, pronounced [ˈstavros ˈspiru 'ɲarxos]; 3 July 1909 – 15 April 1996) was a Greek billionaire shipping tycoon. Starting in 1952, he had the world's biggest supertankers built for his fleet.