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The Library of the Future Envisioned- “The 21st Century Library”. . . And...
Discernible in the year 2077 pile of rubble that the film "Oblivion" envisions, the wreckage of the NYPL's 42nd Street Central Reference LibraryThere’s a powerful intuitive link between libraries and...
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The Public Loss of Selling And Shrinking the Brooklyn Heights Library- How...
In simple bar graph form- The BPL is proposing to drastically shrink the size of the publicly owned space in the Brooklyn Heights Library from 63,000 feet (blue) to just 21,000 square feet (on left) of...
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What Does The Snowden “Citizenfour” Documentary Have To Do With New York City...
Edward Snowden in "Citizenfour"What does the Academy Award-winning documentary "Citizenfour" about Edward Snowden (and possibly also the Academy Award-winning drama “The Imitation Game”) have to do...
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Plight of Genealogy Researching Cousin Seeking Book To Illuminate Family...
Family genealogy work, a sought after book with an interesting story to tell, a famous library reputedly famously guarded, and a library president cousin all make for an interesting mixEvery extended...
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Hillary Clinton’s New National Campaign Office Next to the Tillary Clinton...
Hillary Clinton's new national campaign headquarters, at the juncture of Tillary and Clinton beside, and actually part of, the library there Why would Hillary Clinton locating her new national campaign...
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Mayor de Blasio, Rejecting Advice, Won't Properly Fund Libraries And Sets...
During his campaign for mayor, de Blasio on NYC libraries:"once again we see, lurking right behind the curtain, real estate developers who are very anxious to get their hands on these valuable...
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Plutocratic Class Warrior Stephen A. Schwarzman: Public Impoverishment When...
Stephen A. Schwarzman sees himself on one side of a class war, where when it come to protecting the preferential tax breaks he receives the rest of us are like Hitler. Stephen A. Schwarzman, head of...
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Where Are They Now?: Sharon Greenberger, Evercore and the Revson Foundation-...
Sharon L. Greenberger in government and now . . . still selling libraries?Sometimes coincidence seem just too frequent and sometimes it will surprise you where certain people will turn up.Sharon L....
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WNYC Reports Mayor de Blasio’s “Furiously Raising Funds”- Including From...
Bill de Blasio funders: Library-purchasing developers David Kramer and Jonathan Marvel. WNYC funder: The Revson FoundationHere’s a link to a WNYC report: De Blasio Furiously Raising Funds, Privately,...
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Real Estate Deal Revelations In Scott Sherman’s New “Patience and Fortitude”...
I am reading and now am almost at the conclusion of Scott Sherman’s new“Patience and Fortitude- Power, Real Estate, and the Fight to Save a Public Library.” It’s about the fight to save the famed 42nd...
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Selling a $100 Million Plus Library For What? A Pittance! More Transparency...
Click to enlarge“It’s public land and public facilities and public value under threat. . . and once again we see, lurking right behind the curtain, real estate developers who are very anxious to get...
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Municipal Art Society, Once Venerable, Becomes Platform For Disseminating...
Linda Johnson speaking to her MAS audience about libraries as real estate- Pictures of the event are up on FlickerI used to be a member of the Municipal Art Society. I used to routinely encourage...
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New Images of What Developer’s Luxury Tower Would look Like When It Kicks Out...
Here are some new images, released in an information dump just before Wednesday’s Hearing (the 17th) on whether the public should approve the sale and shrinkage of the Brooklyn Heights Library,...
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With Big Bucks Out To Hijack Truth and Broadcasting Integrity- The Daily Show...
October 29, 2014, Jon Stewart takes on the Koch's when they advertise on his show.This October when the Koch Brothers ponied up $$$$ to muscle in on the Daily Show (broadcast on a commercial network-...
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Embarrassment of Past Riches!: Augmentation of NYC Book Space At Two Business...
Click to enlarge if you dare- The Library-squashing tower that would benefit Saint Ann's private school and a developer if built, but not the public.Do you know that in the 1990s, not so very long ago...
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How Self-Contradictory Can The Brooklyn Heights Association Be As It...
Three strikes and you're out?The Brooklyn Heights Association has now taken three solidly self-contradicting positions as it digs in to argue for what's an obviously absurd stance for it to be taking...
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Questions Brooklyn Community Board 2 Land Use Committee And Other Members Are...
Wednesday, June 17th, the FIRST EVER public hearing about the proposed sale and shrinkage of an important New York City library, was held before Brooklyn Community Board 2's Land Use Committee.The...
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NOTICE TO HUMMINGBIRDS!- How Sweet the Media’s Coverage of NYC Library...
NOTICE TO HUMMINGBIRDS!Mayor Bloomberg cautionssugary drinks can be badfor your health and causediabetes- Take SMALL SIPSONLY . . . No large takeawaybottles!But do you remember that BEFORE Mayor...
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What Contemplated Price For Junior’s Says About Real Estate Value of...
Properties not very far away from each other in Brooklyn, city-owned Medicaid office and adjacent Pacific Branch library, and, 11 minutes away, Junior'sJust this last June it was announced that the...
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The Public Loss of Selling And Shrinking the Brooklyn Heights Library- How...
In simple bar graph form- The BPL is proposing to drastically shrink the size of the publicly owned space in the Brooklyn Heights Library from 63,000 feet (blue) to just 21,000 square feet (on left) of...
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