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New York Public Library

  1. good news
    Change of Plans: You’ll Still Be Able to Browse the NYPL’s Picture CollectionResearchers howled and the library reversed itself.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  2. research
    In Defense of BrowsingThe NYPL’s imperiled Picture Collection supports a kind of research where keywords don’t find the story.
    By Leanne Shapton
  3. the group portrait
    New York Public Library’s Human Search Engines“One thing that historians learned this year is that digitization can never replace the archives.”
    By Christopher Bonanos
  4. design edit
    A Nick Cave Installation, a Squiggly Lamp, and Other Things I Liked This WeekIncluding the city’s best new rooftop.
    By Diana Budds
  5. street view
    Look! Books! The Tired Old Mid-Manhattan Library Gets a Sharp New RenovationAn understated top-to-bottom rehab puts open access — and open books — front and center (and a café on the roof).
    By Justin Davidson
  6. explainers
    How to Navigate the New York Public Library Like an ExpertCatching a peek of the “stacks train” and browsing 200-year-old menus is one of the best ways any New Yorker can spend a freezing Saturday afternoon.
    By The Editors
  7. art
    Experimental Artist Kicks Off NYPL Speaker SeriesHe’s preparing for a show at David Zwirner this month.
    By Sarah Spellings
  8. cityscape
    There’s a Human Camera Obscura in the New York Public LibraryAn epic drawing of the minutest details from the “Perspective Twins.”
    By Lawrence Weschler
  9. The Mid-Manhattan Library Might Get Better!It’s closing for a two-year renovation in 2018.
    By Justin Davidson
  10. Save the Trash! Why the Gawker Archive Is ImportantWe’ve made this mistake before.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  11. The New 53rd Street Library Is Nice, Unless You Like to Read BooksGreat Wi-Fi, though.
    By Justin Davidson
  12. Aw
    The New York Public Library Lions Are Getting Their Own CookieAmy’s Bread is opening cafés at two NYPL locations, with a special treat.
    By Sierra Tishgart
  13. interview
    What Really Killed the New York Public Library Renovation Plan?Library president Tony Marx talks about the controversial renovations and the future of the NYPL.
    By Boris Kachka
  14. architecture
    Davidson on the Scratched Plan for the NYPLIt was a problematic plan, but so is standing pat as the world changes.
    By Justin Davidson
  15. lawsuits
    New York Public Library Not Particularly Concerned About Its Renovation LawsuitFancy New Yorkers are suing to preserve the 42nd Street flagship.
    By Delia Paunescu
  16. life imitating seinfeld
    Book Returned to New York Library After 55 YearsTropic of Capricorn?
    By Dan Amira
  17. architecture
    Panic Over NYPL’s Renovation Is OverwroughtOh, be quiet!
    By Justin Davidson
  18. lawsuits
    Possibly Smelly Man Suing the New York Public Library for $5.5 Million This could get icky. 
    By Andre Tartar
  19. sorry feminists
    Sorry, Feminists: Meme Now a Discount CodeSave $10 on the “sexy” Katie Roiphe’s talk. 
    By Kat Stoeffel
  20. Foodievents
    Lunch Gets Its Due with New Public Library Exhibit“Lunch Hour NYC” opens this Friday.
    By Diana Elbasha
  21. Openings
    ‘Wichcraft Checks In to the New York Public Library TomorrowTom Colicchio’s sandwich chain will open two carts inside the library’s main branch.
    By Alan Sytsma
  22. crimes and misdemeanors
    New York Public Library President Drove Backward DrunkThat’s an aggravated DWI.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  23. party chat
    A Tipsy Jonathan Franzen Knows Better Than to Comment on the End of OprahWe caught up with the literary lion at the 100th anniversary of the New York Public Library last night.
    By Nina Burleigh
  24. game theory
    From the Mixed-up Files of Jane E. McGonigalAn all-night scavenger hunt in the New York Public Library.
    By Chadwick Matlin
  25. Mediavore
    Lindsay Lohan Sentenced To Serve Food; Yum Brands Buys China’s Little SheepThe actress will spend the bulk of her 480 community service hours serving the Downtown Women’s Center.
  26. cultural institutions
    First Amendment Protects Right to Watch Threesome in Public LibraryCongress shall make no law prohibiting your viewing of threesome videos in public.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  27. books
    The New York Public Library Acquires Maya Angelou ArchiveIt includes letters from James Baldwin and Malcolm X.
    By Avi Zenilman
  28. new york public library
    Amherst President to Become Head of New York Public LibraryMarx looking to partner with city’s schools.
    By Josh Duboff
  29. kudos
    New York Public Library Honors Steve Martin for His IdeasAlso: Ethan Hawke!
    By Josh Duboff
  30. movies
    Watch a Ghostbusters Prank at the New York Public LibraryOr are KKK members being chased by hazmat men with guns?
    By Edith Zimmerman
  31. party chat
    Why Dustin Hoffman Loves the Library“It’s the first place I ever got laid.”
    By Mike Vilensky, Bennett Marcus, and Sam Dangremond
  32. Gummer and Ephron at the Library Lions BenefitThe library rejected the writer once and is trying to make up for it.
    By Bennett Marcus
  33. It’s His Building and He’ll Dance If He Wants ToLast night the only elder philanthropist on the dance floor at the NYPL Young Lions Disco Party was Steve Schwarzman.
    By Chris Rovzar
  34. in other news
    Breaking: Wasps Find Jews VulgarJamie Johnson is tries to get rich Wasps to be anti-Semitic, but they’re too Waspy.
  35. white men with money
    Steve Schwarzman’s Great Library Gift, Writ SmallThe Blackstone billionaire’s name will only appear on the building in letters under three inches tall.
  36. company town
    New York Public Library Lions to Become Schwarzman’s KittensFINANCE • As Blackstone’s profit sinks 89 percent, Stephen Schwartzman gets the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street named after him. The naming rights came with a very generous $100 million donation, but we’re not sure we’re ready to go have lunch on the lovely steps of “Schwarzman.” It’ll feel like we’re an undergrad at Penn or something. [NYT] • Wall Street says “There is a God” as its longtime persecutor, Eliot Spitzer, falls from grace. [NYT] • Lehman Brothers, the largest underwriter of U.S. mortgage bonds, plans to lay off 5 percent of its workforce, which is about 1,400 people. Meanwhile, Bear Sterns, the second-biggest underwriter of mortgage bonds, lost more than $1.3 billion in market value yesterday as investors worried about the firm’s liquidity. [NYP, NYP]
  37. photo op
    It Came From the Steam Tunnels! Last night’s explosion was an impressive display in itself. But equally impressive was the way it tied up seemingly the entire East Side, with trains not running and people everywhere gawking. This is our favorite picture of the gawkers — the crowd massed in front of the iconic Public Library building, all stopped and looking in the same direction. If this were a still from some fifties-era cheesy sci-fi film, that’s exactly what everyone would look like as they watched the flying saucers land. Earlier: Grand Central Explosion Kills One, Wounds 30, Inconveniences Thousands
  38. company town
    Let Them Read BooksFINANCE • At a New York Public Library fund-raiser held in his honor, Steve Schwarzman said the place did amazing things for “regular people.” [Deal Journal/WSJ] • Former Bank of America CFO Alvaro de Molina is the latest big name to join Cerberus. When asked about his title, he said: “It’s Al. That’s not the way they work.” [Deal Journal/WSJ] • A field guide to summer finance interns for creepy older guys. [Leveraged Sell-out via DealBreaker]