Public Architecture, Public Pigeons

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ニューヨーク公共図書館で開催中―黄金時代のマジシャンたちが残した「Mystery and Wonder」展

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After Mamdani Nods to ‘Heated Rivalry,’ Library E-Book Downloads Surge

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New York Public Library: The Archive of Tom Verlaine, Frontman of Television, Has Been Acquired By The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. “The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has acquired the archive of Tom Verlaine musician, poet, and New York celebrity, primarily known as the frontman for the influential band Television. The archive encompasses nearly every facet […]

Mamdani Is First New York Mayor to Use the Quran at His Swearing-In

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Why the Public Library Is Giving Away 1,000 Books – The New York Times

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Why the Public Library Is Giving Away 1,000 Books

The books come from its list of best titles of the year and will be available at three flagship library branches.

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By James Barron, Nov. 20, 2025

Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll find out why the New York Public Library is giving away books — and providing no-waiting access to 25 e-book titles. We’ll also look at the relationship between Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and the police commissioner, Jessica Tisch.

Usually you have to return books you get from a library. Today the New York Public Library will give books away — 1,000 books from its list of the best titles of 2025, chosen by more than 80 librarians from branches across the library’s system. If you get one, you won’t have to return it.

The giveaways are a way to promote the library’s best-books list. They will be available at three “flagship” libraries — the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, at 455 Fifth Avenue; the Bronx Library Center, at 310 East Kingsbridge Road; and the St. George Library Center, at 5 Central Avenue on Staten Island.

But giving away books is not the only way the library is attempting to put the titles on its list in readers’ hands. The institution is making 25 of the titles available as e-books with no waiting to anyone who has one of its library cards. Ten of the 25 are for adults, five are for teens and 10 are for children (five in English and five in Spanish).

“Usually when we announce our best books, there’s a run on the titles, no matter how many we buy” to put on the shelves, said Brian Bannon, the chief librarian, “so it’s sort of like you can’t check out the ones you want until next summer.” With e-books, “we’re leaning into a way that makes it easy to borrow a book” — and to read it while the impulse is fresh.

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New York Public Library: The New York Public Library Acquires the CameraPlanet Archive, Historic 1,200 Hours of September 11 Video Archives . “The New York Public Library today announced the acquisition of the CameraPlanet Archive, a world-renowned collection of more than 1,200 hours of video documenting September 11, 2001, its immediate aftermath, and the subsequent design and construction of […]

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