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New York Public LibraryLatest Stories

a brick-faced research library in harlem
Lenox Ave Face-Lift

Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture receives $8 million in state support for major overhaul

the Mid-Manhattan Library Branch, a squat stone building with a green copper topper
Magic Trick

Mecanoo and Beyer Blinder Belle’s transformation of the Mid-Manhattan Library looks easy

exteriorview of a historic department store-turned-library in Manhattan
Circulating, Once Again

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library reopens in Midtown Manhattan

The new york public library beaux-arts building with copper-green topper
From A Responsible Distance, Of Course

First phase of the renovated Mid-Manhattan Library begins dispensing books

Photo of the Salk Institute by Felice Frankel
Left Brain Meets Right

Science photographer Felice Frankel donates architecture snaps to MIT

Rendering of Marc Quinn Odyssey in the Norman Foster–designed cage
Pound of Flesh

Human blood sculpture coming to New York City in a Norman Foster cage

Culture vulture

NYC library cardholders can now visit dozens of museums for free

Checking In

New York Public Library gets new master plan by Mecanoo and Beyer Blinder Belle

NYPL reading room landmark
Main Reading and Catalogue Rooms

The NYPL’s two grandest rooms are now New York City landmarks

Radical Bodies

How three choreographers impacted the art world, public space, feminism, and more

Urban Wanderlust

New app transports you through NYC’s historic cityscape with archival photos

Mapping NYC

Travel through space-time with the NYPL’s new map tool

Checking In

Inwood has questions as city quickly prepares to develop new library with affordable housing

Book Smart

Building of the Day: New York Public 53rd Street Library branch

Very Lit

Construction on NYPL’s Rose Main Reading Room is complete, ahead of schedule

Preserving a Masterpiece

A new exhibit explores the construction and preservation of the New York Public Library main branch building

In bold preservation move, the New York Public Library commissions replica of mural in its Catalogue Room

Mecanoo Announced As Winner of New York Public Library Redesign [Updated]

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