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- Title: Handbook of The New York Public Library
- Author : New York Public Library
- Release Date : January 31, 2009
- Genre: Reference,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1712 KB
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The New York Public Library is on the western side of Fifth Avenue, occupying the two blocks between 40th and 42nd Streets. It stands on part of the site of the old Croton distributing reservoir, and it was built by the City of New York at a cost of about nine million dollars. Competitions to choose the architect for the building were held in 1897, two years after The New York Public Library was incorporated. The result of the competition was the selection of Messrs. Carrère and Hastings, of New York, as architects.