…The Astor Library on Lafayette Street in 1854, via Wikimedia Commons The Astor Library was established in 1848 as a private reference or non-circulating library open to the public. Founded by…
Read More…District. Ottendorfer Library exterior In 1884, the Free Library constructed its first purpose-built library, at 135 Second Avenue. German-American newspaper editor Oswalt Ottendorfer built and donated the library branch to…
Read More…boasts a cast-iron facade. Photo courtesy of the New York Public Library. In the Aguilar Free Library Society’s Annual report, its directors celebrated “the transfer of the library at 110th Street from a…
Read More…It was called “the City Library” until the New York Public Library was founded in 1895. According to the Society Library: In 1789 and 1790, when New York was the…
Read More…are buried in a great library without the right sort of catalogue.” The library also forbade anyone under 14 from visiting. Interest in the library declined significantly over the decades,…
Read More…Library, New York’s first free circulating branch library system upon which the New York Public Library is based (and which in 1902 absorbed the NYFCL), and later its president. Benjamin…
Read More…the Hudson Park Library in Greenwich Village. Groups of children reading on the roof of the Hamilton Fish Park Library. Source: The New York Public Library The Hamilton Park Library…
Read More…look of a 17th century Dutch guildhall. The library was a gift to the New York Free Circulating Library, predecessor of the public library system, from George W. Vanderbilt III,…
Read More…inscription on the front of the Ottendorfer Library. Translated in English to “Free Library and Reading Room.” The Ottendorfer Library owes its existence to Oswald and Anna Ottendorfer. Oswald was…
Read More…library programs. A special reading for kids at the Hudson Park Library given by Drag Queen Story Hour The Hudson Park Library is a second home for countless residents of…
Read More…Ottendorfer Library is described as follows: The Ottendorfer Library is the oldest branch library in Manhattan and one of the earliest buildings in the city constructed specifically as a public…
Read More…library. Frank Collerius, Jefferson Market Library’s manager, will display and show artifacts from the library’s archive as a jumping off point for participants to share their memories and stories from…
Read More…the Ottendorfer Library is described as follows: The Ottendorfer Library is the oldest branch library in Manhattan and one of the earliest buildings in the city constructed specifically as a…
Read More…City landmarks. The spectacular ceiling of Gould Hall The library was inspired by Thomas Jefferson’s University of Virginia Library. The interior, designed by Tiffany Studios, is richly detailed in marble,…
Read MoreOttendorfer Library-German Dispensary. On August 11, 1981, the interior first floor of the Ottendorfer Library received landmark designation from the New York City Landmark Preservation Commission. The building is a…
Read More…The Astor Library had been a free public library developed primarily through the collaboration of New York City merchant John Jacob Astor, who bequeathed $400,000 for its establishment, and New…
Read MoreTo those who had grown accustomed to keeping time by glancing at the four-faced clock on the grand tower of the Jefferson Market Library, the past several years have been…
Read MoreThe New York Public Library Tompkins Square Branch, courtesy of HDC As part of our continuing Landmarks50 celebration, and in honor of Stanford White’s birthday today (he would be a…
Read More…Library has served as an important community resource. Situated on East 10th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B, the building itself was designated an individual landmark by the city’s…
Read MoreJML50 Art Installation Tour and Conversation: 50 Years of Writing on the Reading Room Walls at Jefferson Market Library In celebration of its 50th year, the Jefferson Market Library’s manager…
Read More…is part of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation’s library. The library is open to all researchers with an appointment. Visit the GVSHP library webpage to learn more. …
Read More…to promote the use of the Jefferson Market Courthouse for a library. According to the New York Public Library, “By 1959, the building had become home to only pigeons and…
Read More…titles, is part of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation’s library. The library is open to all researchers with an appointment. Visit the GVSHP library webpage to learn more….
Read More…Library. Originally built in 1876 as a courthouse by Frederick Clark Withers and Calvert Vaux (co-designer of Central Park) in the Victorian Gothic style along with an adjacent prison and…
Read More…of one of New York and Greenwich Village’s great historic landmarks, Jefferson Market Library! Originally built in 1876 as a courthouse by Frederick Clark Withers and Calvert Vaux (co-designer of…
Read More…Library at Columbia University. According to the collection description, the Real Estate Brochure Collections includes over 9,000 items such as advertising brochures, floor plans, and price lists for commercial and…
Read More…that offers great insight is the New York Public Library. Village Preservation staffer Hew Evans (they, them) shared that as part of the NYPL’s extensive Gay and Lesbian Collections, the…
Read MoreRare & Historic Village Maps: An Exclusive Showing at the New York Public Library The Map Division of The New York Public Library holds more than 400,000 maps, a few…
Read MoreJefferson Market Library Restoration In 2005, the Jefferson Market Library, one of the Village’s and New York’s greatest landmarks, had been covered in scaffolding for two years to protect the…
Read MoreCurator Tour of Peter Hujar: Speed of Life at The Morgan Library The life and art of Peter Hujar (1934–1987) were rooted in downtown New York. Private by nature, combative…
Read MoreAn Exclusive Evening Reception for Downtown Brokers at Jefferson Market Library & Garden…
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Read More…appears today. The Astor Library at Lafayette Place The Astor Library was a free public library founded in 1848 and developed primarily through the collaboration of New York City merchant…
Read More…the Greenwich Village community from the day the library officially opened to the public. Hudson Park Library, Opening, 1906. Courtesy of NYPL Digital Collections. The library’s benefactor was Andrew Carnegie,…
Read More…East Village. On January 10, 1884, the pair turned the library over to the Free Circulating Library, which named the building in their honor. The Ottendorfer Library is the oldest…
Read More…in 2009. The Ottendorfer Library The Tompkins Square Library Just a few blocks northeast of the Offendorfer Library is the Tompkins Square Library. The three-story classical revival building, constructed in…
Read More…in this two-hour journey. Of course John adds a lot of detail to his tours about all the places along the way from one library to the next. So you…
Read More…printers, binders, and other artisans—the Grolier Club pursues this mission through its library, its public exhibitions and lectures, and its long and distinguished series of publications. The Grolier Club Library…
Read More…is the longtime library branch manager for Jefferson Market Library. He has been instrumental in helping to preserve and maintain the historic library building, which was originally a courthouse built…
Read More…1893 New-York Society Library, 53 East 79th St Founded in 1754, New York City’s oldest library is the New York Society Library. Still a private library to this day, it…
Read More…Library. Known as “the City Library” until the New York Public Library was founded in 1895, the library originally occupied one room in Federal Hall. According to the Society Library: In 1789…
Read MoreJefferson Market Library and Garden. Photo courtesy of Jefferson Market Garden. GVSHP holds events with the Jefferson Market Library and the Jefferson Market Garden several times per year, most recently…
Read More…library was “the first great classical library broadly accessible to the public and set the example for such institutions as the Morgan Library [at 29 East 36th Street] and the…
Read More…Ottendorfer Library is the oldest branch library in Manhattan and one of the earliest buildings in the city constructed specifically as a public library. As described in its landmark designation…
Read More…Polyclinic (135-137 Second Avenue) Ottendorfer Library-German Dispensary. In 1884 architect William Schickel designed the New York Public Library and the German Dispensary. The Ottendorfer Library is the oldest branch library…
Read More…Oasis Community Garden Little Free Library (located inside the garden at 310 East 8th Street) Stuyvesant Park Little Free Library (Located inside the park near 2nd Avenue between East 15th…
Read More…wrecking ball. The Astor Library had been a free public library developed primarily through the collaboration of New York City merchant John Jacob Astor, who bequeathed $400,000 for its establishment,…
Read More…Richard Morris Hunt Memorial]” New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 27, 2023. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dc-9a45-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 The New York Public Library. “What I see on Fifth Avenue” New York Public Library…
Read MoreA listening station at Jefferson Market Library. Photo by Tyler Cavallero / New York Public Library This past fall, GVSHP launched a new oral history project. This ongoing project was…
Read More…was begun in 1849 and completed in 1881. Conceived as a research library, it was “the first great classical library broadly accessible to the public and set the example for…
Read More…Catherwood Library at the Industrial Labor Relations School (ILR). The Library which is part of the Kheel Center takes great pride in showcasing their holdings on this important organization, since they…
Read More…clearly seen in decorative busts that adorn two specific buildings: the Ottendorfer Library-German Dispensary and Aschenbrodel Hall. Ottendorfer Library-German Dispensary Ottendorfer Library-German Dispensary. Photo courtesy of GVSHP. The Ottendorfer Library-German…
Read MoreThe Tompkins Square Library Since it opened in 1904, the Tompkins Square Branch of the New York Public Library has served as an important community resource. Situated on East 10th…
Read More…we’re looking at the Jefferson Market Library. L: Historic view in 1963, courtesy of the New York Public Library Digital Gallery; R: Today Designed by architects Frederick Clarke Withers and…
Read More…the Jefferson Market Library (formerly the Jefferson Market Courthouse) and the Joseph Papp Public Theater (formerly the Astor Library). It’s hard to imagine New York without these two landmarks today,…
Read More…the example for institutions like the Morgan Library and the Huntington Library. At the vote on October 26, 1965, the LPC found that, “The Astor Library has a special character,…
Read More…a deeper understanding of your community and your city. We’ve assembled these resources from city, state, library, educational, and other organizations — including our own — here for your research…
Read More…Broadway, Mail & Express, 1899. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. Extant buildings in red box with landmarked buildings noted by dotted line from “Broadway, West Side. 12th to…
Read More…his own innovative ideas contributed to the enduring charm of his creations, most especially in Jefferson Market Library. Jefferson Market Library circa 2021 If you are interested in learning more…
Read More…Public Library, Tompkins Square Branch, 331 East 10th Street New York Public Library Tompkins Square Branch NYC LPC Designation Report Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital, 135-137 2nd…
Read More…purposes: The Jefferson Market Library (formerly a courthouse), and The Public Theater (former the Astor Library). Both institutions celebrate their 50 year anniversaries this fall. In fact, these next…
Read More…image from Health Sciences Library, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus.”he Health Sciences Library’s copy is the first edition, bound in publisher’s green cloth with gilt-stamped spine, blind-stamped boards,…
Read MoreAmong the many delights included in this weekend’s Open House New York will be three iconic Greenwich Village buildings–a Gothic Revival church with many architectural firsts, a library that was originally a…
Read More…book. Use of library space for this program does not indicate endorsement by The New York Public Library. Click here to register for this in-person event The Birth and Life…
Read More…New York Public Library at 66 Leroy. She steadily built her literary career while working there. She quickly developed friends in the circles of literary magazines in New York, especially…
Read MoreNew York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman building. Photo courtesy of the NYPL. Our Beyond the Village and Back series takes a look at great landmarks in New York City…
Read More…(Disclosure: Veselka is owned by Tom Birchard, a Village Preservation Trustee.) The Library at The Public in NoHo The Library at The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street The Library is…
Read More…Then the library moved uptown to its current location, and in 1940 the beautiful building was replaced with an art deco apartment building. New York Society Library, 1893. Courtesy of…
Read MoreJefferson Market Library and Garden. Photo courtesy of Jefferson Market Garden. Beside the Jefferson Market Library and behind the wrought iron fence between 6th and Greenwich Avenues and 10th Street…
Read More…York Landmarks Conservancy, the Jefferson Market Library was chosen because The Jefferson Market Branch of the New York Public Library is significant not only for its design and use of…
Read More…Penny Arcade Shelley Marlow Terese Svoboda Co-hosted by the Merchant’s House Museum, the Poetry Brothel, the Poetry Project, Hudson Park Library, Jefferson Market Library, and Tompkins Square Library. Merchant’s House…
Read More…Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Avenue (at 12th Street) Co-sponsored by the Salmagundi Club Library Committee. Opened in 1824, Fifth Avenue originally vied with several other locations for social supremacy, including…
Read More…Library. “Manhattan: 14th Street (West) – 5th Avenue” New York Public Library Digital Collections. 4-6 West 14th Street circa 2019 via Google Maps. 74-76 5th Avenue (on the left) and…
Read More…library in what was then New York City, as part of the New York Free Library. The Tompkins Square Branch of the New York Public Library, built in 1904, was one of…
Read More…including The Age of Innocence, take place in the Village during this era. Related Resources: Virtual Tour: Judson Memorial Church Jefferson Market Library, Individual Landmark Astor Library, 425 Lafayette Street,…
Read More…Lafayette Street former-library location. That leading light institution has become a beacon of culture and a haven for forward-thinking artists throughout the world. But it didn’t come easily. 425 Lafayette…
Read More…one of the first women of color to graduate from the New York Public Library School in 1923, paving the way for racial integration in our city’s library systems. She…
Read More…to be “the first great classical library broadly accessible to the public.” The structure was designed by three different architects in three different phases: Alexander Saeltzer designed the south wing…
Read More…new life as a branch of the New York Public Library in 1967. In 1969, the newly-named Jefferson Market Library was landmarked as part of the Greenwich Village Historic District;…
Read More…and frequented by the Village’s many literary luminaries including modernist poet Marianne Moore, who worked as library assistant in the 1920s. Many visitors have remarked how they cherished the library…
Read More…A Landmark is Saved – New York Times Jan. 1, 1966 Astor Library at 425 Lafayette Street, now the Public Theatre. The Astor Library at 425 Lafayette Street, now the…
Read More…park has also served generations of mostly poor and often immigrant or migrant New Yorkers with its ample recreation center and playfields, library, and perhaps most recognizably, its pool. Located…
Read More…library’s construction was funded by bibliophile George W. Vanderbilt, who gifted it to the Free Circulating Library, predecessor of the New York Public Library. The front façade stands out as…
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