Brooklyn's Central Library

Brooklyn's Central Library - Images of America

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Publisher's Synopsis

Brooklyn, New York, is home to the Brooklyn Public Library, the fifth-largest library system in the United States, with 60 neighborhood branches serving the 2.5 million residents of the borough. The Central Library--the main hub of this far-reaching institution--has, for 75 years, occupied a prime triangle of land at Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza. Originally proposed in 1888, the unique Art Deco building with an "open book" design was not completed until 53 years later in 1941. Since then, the library has seen millions of eager readers pass through its iconic gilded doorway. While the technologies of learning have changed dramatically in the years since the Central Library opened, the mission of the institution remains the same--to ensure the preservation and transmission of society's knowledge, history, and culture, and to provide the people of Brooklyn with free and open access to information for education, recreation, and reference.

Book information

ISBN: 9781467124447
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 128
Weight: 20g
Height: 235mm
Width: 165mm
Spine width: 8mm