New York, NY on South of Union Square

South of Union Square

Fort Washington Branch, NYPL · 537 West 179th Street

Fort Washington Branch, NYPL

West 179th Street near St. Nicholas Avenue. New York Public Library.

IMAGE DATE1929

From

Museum of the City of New York

Fort Washington Branch, NYPL, May 11, 1929.

One of eight libraries designed by Babb, Cook & Welch, the Fort Washington Branch was the 26th and final Carnegie constructed in Manhattan. Completed in 1914, the building was renovated in the early 1950s following a fire in the basement. The library has been an important resource for the local community and its users have included Jacob Javits, Henry Kissinger, Ralph Ellison, and Lou Gehring.

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