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The New Jersey Legislature passed a law in 1884 for the establishment free public libraries when approved by local referendum. On April 9, 1889, after two earlier attempts, citizens of Jersey City voted for the provision (15,304 to 345) after which Mayor Orestes Cleveland appointed a board of trustees.
The library building, located at 500 Park Avenue, was built from 1895 to 1897, and was designed by architect Albert Beyer with Italian Renaissance Revival style. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 4, 2015, for its significance in architecture, education and social history.
The library opened in 1967, [1] with the police court becoming the Children's Reading Room, the Civil Court the Adult Reading Room. [9] Budget cutbacks in 1974 caused the Board of Trustees of the New York Public Library to vote to close the branch, as well as two others. [8] After an outcry from residents, the decision was rescinded one month ...
Battery Park City Library: 175 North End Avenue Designed by 1100 Architect in 2010. [6] 14: Bloomingdale Library: 150 West 100th Street Opened in 1898 as the Bloomingdale Branch of the New York Free Circulating Library; merged with the New York Public Library in 1901; rebuilt one block east in 1961. 15: Chatham Square Library: 33 East Broadway
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Owned and operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the complex includes a ten-story tower, a retail plaza, a bus terminal, a two-level parking facility, and the Journal Square station of the PATH rail transit system. The underground station has a high ceiling and a mezzanine level connecting the platforms.
In 1965, the Morristown & Morris Township Library began to serve as a Joint Free Public Library. The Dowling Wing was completed in 1987. This created a new front entrance on South Street and a magazine room. Part of the wing is the Children's Room and the Treasure Room. [1]
The Court Square–23rd Street station is a New York City Subway station complex on the IND Crosstown Line, the IRT Flushing Line and the IND Queens Boulevard Line.The complex is located in the vicinity of One Court Square in Hunters Point and Long Island City, Queens, and is served by the 7, E, and G trains at all times (the latter of which terminates here), the M train on weekdays, and the ...