Inside the new york public library s last secret apartments there are just 13 left.
New york public library secret rooms.
Secret apartments inside more than a dozen new york public libraries stand old vacant apartments.
Most adults have to lower their heads a little bit while crossing the threshold into the secret room and don t see the.
Floor of the 42nd street branch of the new york public library in 1910.
From private clubs to nonprofit societies to pop.
The center s four study rooms are reserved for qualified researchers and writers whose work will benefit from the consultation and intensive use of r esearch collections related to the humanities and social sciences.
The new york public library nypl was founded in 1895 when already established library institutions created by john jacob astor and james lenox were combined along with a fund created by samuel.
Inside the secret apartments of new york s libraries.
The new york public library also offers competitive fellowship programs please apply for access to the research study rooms using the online form.
The library s programming room is a dark and narrow space on the.
The new york public library nypl has been an essential provider of free books information ideas and education for all new yorkers for more than 100 years.
By sarah laskow october 7 2016.
The collection of over 200 dolls is tucked away within another secret the secret room in the children s center of the library.
Children out of the reading rooms with a story about the red headed ghost that walked the library attic above the reading room and.
Inside the secret apartments of new york s public libraries.
The new york public library has an incredible branch system around the boroughs but it s only a part of new york city s literary resources.
The apartments were once.
But these secret spots won t remain empty forever the rooms above the.
Access to the library s stacks and large reference rooms too.