The Society of Beaux-Arts Architects hosted an architectural design competition for the library, with two rounds. (wikipedia.org)
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The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, commonly known as the Main Branch, 42nd Street Library or the New York Public Library, is the flagship building in the New York Public Library system in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. (wikipedia.org)
The Main Branch was built after the New York Public Library was formed as a combination of two libraries in the late 1890s. (wikipedia.org)
The consolidation of the Astor and Lenox Libraries into the New York Public Library in 1895, along with a large bequest from Samuel J. Tilden and a donation of $5.2 million from Andrew Carnegie, allowed for the creation of an enormous library system. (wikipedia.org)
Dr. John Shaw Billings, who was named the first director of the New York Public Library, had created an early sketch for a massive reading room on top of seven floors of book-stacks, combined with the fastest system for getting books into the hands of those who requested to read them. (wikipedia.org)
In May 1897, the New York State Legislature passed a bill allowing the site of the Croton Reservoir to be used for a public library building. (wikipedia.org)
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. (marchewka.com)
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The library's trustees convinced mayor William L. Strong to give them the reservoir site, after they gave him studies showing that the size of New York City's library collection lagged behind those of many other cities. (wikipedia.org)
He returned to the United States in 1986 as Visiting Distinguished Professor of Art History at the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies of Arizona State University. (congregationallibrary.org)
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His design for the new library, though controversial for its time, formed the basis of the Main Branch. (wikipedia.org)
The minute details of the characters and furnishings make it a masterpiece of the interior genre of that time. (arthitparade.net)
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As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs , dressers , coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history. (1stdibs.com)
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Dr. John Shaw Billings, who was named the first director of the New York Public Library, had created an early sketch for a massive reading room on top of seven floors of book-stacks, combined with the fastest system for getting books into the hands of those who requested to read them. (wikipedia.org)
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller , recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer . (1stdibs.com)
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The consolidation of the Astor and Lenox Libraries into the New York Public Library in 1895, along with a large bequest from Samuel J. Tilden and a donation of $5.2 million from Andrew Carnegie, allowed for the creation of an enormous library system. (wikipedia.org)
Our room, which opened onto a long communal screen porch with a view of the small pond in the center of the compound and the mountains beyond, was everything you would expect in any five star hotel - great bed, large bath/shower area, classic furnishings and, best of all, no telephone and no tv! (thenomadarchitect.com)