The New York Public Library
Located on the 42nd street is a research library which is completely self-funded
mainly through donations. They have also included the donators in the
architectural side of the building meaning that some of their names are on the
walls.
We visited on Wednesday October 16, and we had a lovely tour guide. She
was so welcoming and all over a wonderful person. Her way of distributing facts
was light and effortless and especially all the fun facts will be remembered,
like the cat paw thing.
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| Our lovely guide Kathi at NYPL. |
They have other libraries but this in particular was a humanities and
social sciences library. The library was founded in 1895, the building started in
1901 and finished about a decade later, in 1911.
The library was huge and quite frankly you could get lost very easily
there. It had many floors and wings. They even had a floor dedicated to private
‘study’ rooms that you could rent for research purposes. For some you had to
have a lecture about your subject to get a hold of the room. That’s how they
have so many lectures, speeches and different events for people to come and see
for free.
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