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by tenaciousDaniel 2489 days ago
This is how I felt about the New York Public Library. It's famous; everyone goes there. There's even a Gutenberg Bible there.

But I've been 2-3 times and I never found a book. It's like the books are all deliberately hidden, it's infuriating.
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SolaceQuantum 2489 days ago
The NYPL In Bryant Park? Basement floor hallway past the bathrooms. There’s a separate entrance for it also on 42nd st? I go there all the time for books and free public restrooms. The big NYPL space is for all the other things libraries do, like workspaces, meeting spaces, etc. I think there’s also a very rare book section but that requires special permission.
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ghaff 2489 days ago
The renovated Rose Reading Room is really beautiful. Great place to work for a couple hours. (So is Bryant Park on a nice day of course.)
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BeepBoop2k 2489 days ago
The main building at Bryant Park is a research library. It's beautiful - but it doesn't have much circulation, just items of interest for researchers.

The Mid-Manhattan branch is a HUGE circulation library. It's across the street from the main library but confusingly enough - it's in the middle of being renovated so, for now, its colocated in the basement of the main library and a subset of its collection is available. It is _very_ browsable.

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