New York Public Library Secret Rooms

The central library of rochester and monroe county holds many secrets but none so enchanting as the george w.
New york public library secret rooms. Not many people know about them. By sarah laskow october 7 2016. Access to the library s stacks and large reference rooms too. Inside the secret apartments of new york s libraries.
Inside the secret apartments of new york s public libraries. Inside the new york public library s last secret apartments there are just 13 left. From private clubs to nonprofit societies to pop. The collection of over 200 dolls is tucked away within another secret the secret room in the children s center of the library.
The library s programming room is a dark and narrow space on the. Floor of the 42nd street branch of the new york public library in 1910. 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. But these secret spots won t remain empty forever the rooms above the.
Even the original new york public library on 42nd street once had an apartment above it where tenants lived until 1941. Children out of the reading rooms with a story about the red headed ghost that walked the library attic above the reading room and. 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. Most adults have to lower their heads a little bit while crossing the threshold into the secret room and don t see the.
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. Secret apartments inside more than a dozen new york public libraries stand old vacant apartments.