What if Carrère and Hastings hadn't designed the Main Branch of the New York Public Library?
For 84 years NYC claimed the title for having the world's tallest building.
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You might recognize Improv Everywhere from the annual No Pants Subway Ride or frozen Grand Central. Maybe you've participated in the MP3 Experiment.
Hidden beneath the library, traces of the Croton Distributing Reservoir remain.
500 people, 100 artifacts, thousands of stories.
A treasure hunt in the NYPL!
A brief tour of Union Square Park through the eyes of its permanent residents and how the park has changed over the past 172 years.
Add to these personalities singer Maria Callas and politician Jacob Javits, and you have a celebrity-studded alma-mater for this library in Washington Heights. The real treat of this library is the whimsical childrens floor, decorated with oversized lampshades.