stuny Posted February 1, 2007 Share #1 Posted February 1, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) On a typical Saturday we’ll walk up to 15 km in New York between museums, restaurants, and performance spaces. Almost exactly a year ago we were walking back downtown late in the afternoon and saw banners on the main branch of the NY Public Library (5th Avenue at 42nd St) of two exhibits that interested us. The two photos below represent the ceiling of the historic map room, and looking out the window of the gift shop to windows of the library map room, showing just a bit of the same ceiling. You can find more photos of Gotham City on the 4 New York photo gallery pages on our site. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 1, 2007 Posted February 1, 2007 Hi stuny, Take a look here NY Public Library. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Guest lykoudos Posted March 28, 2008 Share #2 Posted March 28, 2008 Hello Stuny, magnificent pictures. They light up in their own gloss. Greeting Wolfgang Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share #3 Posted March 28, 2008 Wolfgang - Thank you. The building is a treasure, and they frequently have very good, free exhibits. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roguewave Posted March 28, 2008 Share #4 Posted March 28, 2008 Stu, lovely posts. The map room is my favorite place in the building. As a sailor, being a student of cartograthy & the weather is a must. Their collection is without peer in the US. As I'm sure you are well aware, annualy, The Library opens the stacks and visitors can go down to the bowels of the building to view the library's systems of book retrieval and the vista of rows & rows of books. Many people may be unaware that the Libray is built on the site of the old Distributing Reservoir (also known as the Croton Reservoir), located on the site of what is now the New York Public Library at Fifth Avenue between 40th and 42nd streets. It also holds the second largest collection of American documents of importance, after the Library of Congress. What a place! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share #5 Posted March 28, 2008 Ben - Thanks, and I agree re: the NYPL. Didn't know that it's on the site of the old reservoir. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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