How to Make a Subway Map with John Tauranac
Hear from an author and map designer who has been creating maps of the NYC subway, officially and unofficially, for over forty years!
New Yorkers yearning for a new good read can now pick up books from thirty neighborhood branches of the New
In the midst of racial protests across the country, Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United
The New York Public Library is marking its 125th anniversary tomorrow, May 23rd, 2020. Though the pandemic has limited the
Today, the New York Public Library lions, Patience and Fortitude, turn 109 years old! Newly restored last fall, the lions
As many of us sit in our homes in the coronavirus pandemic, we might be starting to forget what New
The New York Public Library has been on fire with its creative media moments in recent years — its annual Black
Last year, the New York Public Library offered a tongue-in-cheek Black Friday deal offering a “100% off coupon” and even
After nine weeks of restoration work, the lion statues that stand guard outside of the New York Public Library’s
Photo by Glen Wilson, © 2019 Warner Bros. Ent. All Rights Reserved The movie Motherless Brooklyn, written, directed and starring Edward
There is a lot abuzz at the New York Public Library’s main branch at 42nd Street, including a new
Photos courtesy of the New York Public Library, Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations and the J.D. Salinger Trust. Photographed
The collections held within New York City’s libraries and museums contain many of the world’s most rare and
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