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The New York Public Library: a universe of knowledge. New York: New York Public Library in association with Scala Publishers, London. Dierickx, Mary B. (1996). The Architecture of Literacy: The Carnegie Libraries of New York City. New York: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and the New York City Dept. of General Services.
Bobst Library's Lobby A view of the interior of Bobst. The library, built in 1972, [4] is NYU's largest library and one of the largest academic libraries in the U.S. Designed by Philip Johnson and Richard Foster, [4] the 12-story, 425,000 square feet (39,500 m 2) structure is the flagship of an eleven-library, 5.9 million-volume system.
New Lots Library 665 New Lots Avenue The branch was founded in 1942 and became a BPL branch in 1949. [48] New Utrecht Library 1743 86th Street The branch was founded in 1894 as the Free Library of the Town of New Utrecht and became a BPL branch in 1901. The current building opened in 1956. [49] Pacific Library 25 Fourth Ave. at Pacific St.
The Rundel Memorial Building is a historic library building located at Rochester in Monroe County, New York.It is the original downtown site of the Rochester Public Library, and along with the Bausch & Lomb Library Building directly across the street, serves as the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County.
The Loop Parkway (also known as the Loop) is a 2.65-mile (4.26 km) controlled-access parkway in Nassau County, New York, in the United States. It serves the barrier islands south of Long Island itself, beginning on Long Beach Barrier Island at an intersection with Lido Boulevard in Point Lookout .
The William D. Walsh Family Library is a library located at Fordham University's Rose Hill Campus in the Bronx, New York City. In its 2004 edition of The Best 351 Colleges , the Princeton Review ranked Fordham's William D. Walsh Family Library fifth in the country, ahead of Yale , Harvard , and Columbia .
The library contains over 300,000 volumes, including the New York Public Library's central collection of Hispanic/Latino and Puerto Rican heritage works. The building is designed for the digital technology and social/civic functions as well as for books; it contains reading areas, a 150-person auditorium, computer rooms, staff offices, conference rooms, and a public gallery/gathering area ...
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]