Excerpt from Handbook of the New York Public Library Exterior. The material of the building is largely Vermont marble, and the style that of the modern Renais sance, somewhat in the manner Of the period of Louis XVI, with certain modifications to suit the conditions of to-day. It is rectangular in shape, 390 feet long and 270 feet deep. Terrace IN front OF library looking southbuilt around two inner courts. It has a cellar, basement or ground floor, and three upper floors. The Library, wrote Mr. A. C. David, in the ...
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Excerpt from Handbook of the New York Public Library Exterior. The material of the building is largely Vermont marble, and the style that of the modern Renais sance, somewhat in the manner Of the period of Louis XVI, with certain modifications to suit the conditions of to-day. It is rectangular in shape, 390 feet long and 270 feet deep. Terrace IN front OF library looking southbuilt around two inner courts. It has a cellar, basement or ground floor, and three upper floors. The Library, wrote Mr. A. C. David, in the 'architectural Record, '1 is undeniably popular. It has already taken its place in the public mind as a building of which every New Yorker may be proud, and this opinion of the building is Shared by the architectural profession of the country. Of course, it does not please everybody; but if American archi teets in good standing were asked to name the one building which embodied most of what was good in contemporary American architecture, The New York Public Library would be the choice of a hand some majority. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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