ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS (in reverse chronological order):
Response to the NYPL Master Plan (January 2018)
NYPL Substitutes a Master Plan for a Master Piece (January 23, 2018)
The Library Whisperer: Can Architect Francine Houben Remake the Public Library? (December 9, 2015)
The New York Public Library Wars (June 24, 2015)
Library Reveals Details and Costs of Upgrade Plan (June 1, 2014)
14 NYC progressive leaders speak out against NYPL’s plan: read their letter to Mayor de Blasio. (April 2014)
State Senator José M. Serrano announces his opposition to NYPL’s plan: his statement is here. (March 2014)
State Senator Brad Hoylman announces his opposition to the Central Library Plan: read his powerful statement. (January 2014)
DC 37, NYC’s Largest Public Employee Union, slams the sell-off of libraries: Communities and DC 37 Mobilize to Stop Library Sell-Offs (December 2013)
The New Criterion blasts the Central Library Plan: Philanthropic Tyranny at the NYPL (December 2013)
The libertarian Manhattan Institute’s City Journal attacks the Central Library Plan as a threat to the NYPL’s future: The New York Public LIbrary’s Uncertain Future – A Proposed Renovation Threatens One of the World’s Great Research Institutions (Fall, 2013)
Scott Sherman’s second investigative article in The Nation is based on internal documents and focuses on the New York Public Library’s quest to monetize its assets: The Hidden History of New York’s Central Library Plan (August 2013)
NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio announces his opposition to the Central LIbrary Plan during his campaign: read his statement (July 12, 2013)
The Historic Districts Council announces their opposition to the Central Library Plan: Historic Districts Council Statement (March 2013)
Michael Kimmelman’s scathing review of the Central Library Plan in the New York Times: In Renderings for a Library Landmark, Stacks of Questions (January 2013)
Ada Louise Huxtable’s attack on the Central Library Plan in the Wall Street Journal and her plea to keep the 42nd Street Library building intact: Undertaking Its Destruction (December 2012)
Charles Petersen’s in-depth article on the Central Library plan in N+1: Lions In Winter (May 2012)
Scott Sherman’s investigative article in The Nation which first brought the Central Library Plan to pubic attention and kicked off the uproar: Upheaval at the New York Public Library (December 2011)
Caleb Crain’s detailed coverage of the Central LIbrary Plan on his blog: Steamboats Are Ruining Everything (March 2012 through January 2013)
A TOUR OF THE STACKS:
The New York Public Library’s own presentation of the 42nd Street book stacks, with images and much historical background; an excellent introduction to the heart of the library which the NYPL now plans to destroy: A Tour of the Stacks
FRIENDS:
Our allies fighting the shrinkage of the New York City library systems and the selling off of libraries for real estate development:
Citizens Defending Libraries
Library Lovers League
CONTACT US:
Committee to Save the New York Public Library
232 East 11th Street
New York, NY 10003
info-at-savenypl-dot-org