Central Library Plan in the News

On December 19, 2012, The New York Public Library unveiled the first schematic designs of its historic Central Library Plan, which will bring a new lending library to its iconic 42nd Street location, the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. The project—designed by world-renowned architect Norman Foster and his award-winning firm Foster + Partners—more than doubles the amount of public space within the iconic building, better preserves its research materials, and creates a truly integrated central library in the heart of New York City serving all people, from scholars and students to toddlers and teens. READ MORE >>

• "After Criticism, Public Library Offers Peek at Renovation Plans," The New York Times, December 19, 2012

 

• "Set to Turn the Page at Bryant Park," The Wall Street Journal, December 19, 2012

 

• "One for the books! $300M redo for Fifth Avenue Library," New York Post, December 19, 2012

 

• "New York Public Library's flagship branch is getting an airy, majestic makeover," New York Daily News, December 19, 2012

 

• "All the Panic Over the New York Public Library’s Renovation Plan Is Overwrought," New York Magazine, December 19, 2012

 

•  "N.Y. Public Library, Norman Foster Evict a Million Books," Bloomberg, December 19, 2012

 

• "A generous gift of reading to the New York Public Library," New York Daily News, September 23, 2012

 

• "NYPL Main Branch Not Quitting Books After All," Gothamist, September 20, 2012

 

• "NYPL nixes NJ plan: Gift will allow most books to be housed under Bryant Park," New York Daily News, September 19, 2012

 

• "New York Public Library Shifts Plan for 5th Ave. Building," The New York Times, September 19, 2012

 

• "New York Public Library Dials Back Plan to Move Books," The Wall Street Journal, September 19, 2012

 

• "The Bookless Library: Don't deny the change. Direct it wisely," The New Republic, July 12, 2012

 

• "Loud Debate Rages Over N.Y. Library's Quiet Stacks," Morning Edition, NPR, June 12, 2012

 

• "In Defense of the New York Public Library, The New York Review of Books, June 7, 2012

 

• "The Personal Side of Public Libraries," The Wall Street Journal, June 6, 2012

 

• Room for Debate: "Seizing the Future or Renouncing Its Past?" The New York Times, May 17, 2012

 

• "New Vision for Library," The Wall Street Journal, May 15, 2012 (PDF)

 

• "A Library for the Future," The New York Times, May 8, 2012

 

• "New York Public Library Must Look to the Future: Expansion on 42nd Street Is a Good Idea," New York Daily News, May 7, 2012

 

• "Battle of Words: Sweeping Central Library Redesign Plan Stirs Controversy," New York Daily News, May 6, 2012

 

• "Let in the Riffraff: In Praise of the New York Public Library's Renovation Plan," The New Republic, April 27, 2012

 

• "Debate at N.Y. Public Library Raises Question: Can Off-Site Storage Work for Researchers?" The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 22, 2012

 

• "Library Plans Extensive, Controversial Renovations," WABC, April 18, 2012

 

• "NYPL Embraces the Future of Libraries - Today," The Huffington Post, April 10, 2012

 

• Anthony Marx on WNYC's The Leonard Lopate Show, April 10, 2012

 

• "Libraries Rethink Their Role in the City," The Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2012 (PDF)

 

• "Improving a Treasured Institution," Inside Higher Ed, April 6, 2012

 

• Anthony Marx on BrianLehrer.tv, April 2, 2012

 

• "Ambitions Rekindled at Public Library," The New York Times, February 15, 2012