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  2. New York Public Library - Wikipedia

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    The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City. With nearly 53 million items and 92 locations, the New York Public Library is the second-largest public library in the United States behind the Library of Congress and the fifth-largest public library in the world. It is a private, non-governmental, independently ...

  3. Carrère and Hastings - Wikipedia

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    The New York Public Library Main Branch, built 1897–1911, Carrère and Hastings, architects.Photographed during late construction in 1908. Carrère and Hastings, the firm of John Merven Carrère (/ k ə ˈ r ɛər / kə-RAIR; November 9, 1858 – March 1, 1911) and Thomas Hastings (March 11, 1860 – October 22, 1929), was an American architecture firm specializing in Beaux-Arts architecture.

  4. New York Public Library Main Branch - Wikipedia

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    The New York Public Library's Main Branch measures 390 feet (120 m) on its north–south axis by 270 feet (82 m) on its west–east axis. [45] [63] [145] The library is located on the east side of the block bounded by Fifth Avenue on the east, 40th Street on the south, Sixth Avenue on the west, and 42nd Street on the north. [197]

  5. List of New York Public Library branches - Wikipedia

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    Built after the New York Public Library was formed as a combination of two libraries in the late 1890s. The architectural firm Carrère and Hastings constructed the structure in the Beaux-Arts style, and the structure opened on May 23, 1911.

  6. John Bigelow - Wikipedia

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    John Bigelow Sr. (November 25, 1817 – December 19, 1911) was an American lawyer, diplomat, and historian who edited the complete works of Benjamin Franklin and the first autobiography of Franklin taken from Franklin's previously lost original manuscript.

  7. Andrew Haswell Green - Wikipedia

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    Later, the Niagara (Falls) Park Commission was created to establish New York's first state park and defend the falls; Green soon became president of the commission and served until his death in 1903. In 1886, his legal mentor Samuel Tilden died, leaving a fortune to create a public library for New York City, but his will was contested by relatives.

  8. Category:Library buildings completed in 1911 - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Library buildings completed in 1911" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. ... New York Public Library Main Branch; O.

  9. Piccirilli Brothers - Wikipedia

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    New York Public Library Main Branch, (1911) Carrère and Hastings, architects, New York City. Pedimental sculptures: The Arts (1917) and History (1917), George Grey Barnard, sculptor; 6 cornice figures (1917), each 11-foot-tall (3.4 m), Paul Wayland Bartlett, sculptor