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96th Street Branch, NYPL
96th Street Branch, NYPL

New York Public Library, branch at 112-14 East 96th Street.

IMAGE DATE1928
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96th Street Branch, NYPL, September 24, 1928.

Constructed between 1904 and 1905 to the plans of architectural firm Babb, Cook & Willard, the 96th Street Library is a Italian Renaissance Revival building. Typical of other upper Manhattan Carnegie libraries, it is a mid block three-story, three-bay structure. The library closed for six months in 2012 for HVAC and additional infrastructure updates.

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