Archive: Local Libraries
2009
The New York Public Library Celebrates the 6th Annual Immigrant Heritage Week
Four Young New York Artists Showcase Their Work in the Free Display It's My Turn at the NYPL's Hamilton Fish Park Branch
African-Americans in Baseball is the Subject of Exhibition at The New York Public Library Countee Cullen Branch
2008
Historic Bronx Library, Built with Funds from Andrew Carnegie, Celebrates its Centennial
New Children's Center at 42nd Street Opens in The New York Public Library's Landmark Fifth Avenue Building
FACT SHEET for the
Children's Center at 42nd Street
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
The New York Public Library Offers Free English Classes for Speakers of Other Languages (2008 Fall Session)
The New York Public Library Offers Free English Classes for Speakers of Other Languages (2008 Spring Session)
The
Staten Island Branches Expand Opening Hours
2007
The New York Public Library is Now Open Six Days a Week!
Open House for Disability Awareness at Mid-Manhattan Library on October 24th
New York Public Library to Rebuild outdated Donnell Library Branch
The
New York Public Library's Bronx Library Center
Recognized for Sustainable Design Features
by the U.S. Green Building Council
115
Street Branch Reopens After Renovation
Clason's
Point Branch Reopens
Jerome
Park Branch Reopens After Renovation
New
Mulberry Street Branch Opens
SCHOMBURG CENTER INVITES PUBLIC TO VIEW $11 MILLION RENOVATION (05-01-07)
2006
The New York Public Library Opens Its New Morris Park Branch in the Bronx (07-21-06)
The New Bronx Library Center Debuts to the Public (01-17-06)
67th Street renovation (12-01-05)
Columbus Branch renovation (11-25-05)
Van Nest renovation (09-23-05)
Great Kills renovation (08-25-05)
Mott Haven Library Centennial (03-28-05)
Expanded Six-day Service at 14 Branches (03-10-05)
Port Richmond Library Centennial (02-25-05)
Allerton Library renovation (01-24-05)
2004
Tompkins
Square Library Centennial (12-07-04)
Tottenville
Library Centennial (11-16-04)
Harlem
Library renovation (08-11-04)
Andrew Heiskell Library receives lighting upgrade (07-16-04)
Seward Park Library renovation
125th Street Centennial (04-23-04)
Hamilton Grange Library
renovation (03-23-04)
Columbus Branch groundbreaking
(02-13-04)
Teen Central opens
(02-09-04)
Stapleton receives $1,000
donation (01-30-04)
Mariner's Harbor Library plans
unveiled (01-26-04)
2003
Historic 67th Street Library
to be renovated (12-16-03)
Chatham Square Library celebrates
centennial (11-03-03)
New Morris Park Library plans unveiled
(10-22-03)
Baychester Library celebrates
renovation (09-23-03)
Great Kills Library
has groundbreaking (08-01-03)
Riverside Library gets spruced
up (07-03-03)
Sedgwick Library adds second floor
(03-21-03)
Webster Library reopens after major
renovation (01-23-03)
2002
Yorkville Library
celebrates its centennial (12-10-02)
Mott Haven Branch
celebrates renovation (12-09-02)
Woodstock Library
to be renovated (11-06-02)
Grand Concourse Branch
celebrates major renovation (10-31-02)
Temporary site
opens for Harlem and 115th Street Branches (09-24-02)
Allerton Branch receives funding
for renovation of children's room (08-29-02)
Harlem and 115th St.
Branches close for renovation (07-25-02)
Baychester Library receives
funding for spruce-up (06-26-02)
Seward Park Libary groundbreaking
(05-03-02)
South Court building opens (04-26-02)
| History and background
| Programs | Research
instruction | Schedule
of classes | Recent renovations | Little-known
facts
Seward Park Library closes
for renovation (04-04-02)
Edenwald Library celebrates spruce-up
(01-30-02)
Hunt's Point Library celebrates
spruce-up (01-02-02)
2001
Mosholu Library
Closest library to World
Trade Center area (New Amsterdam Branch) reopens (11-30-01)
Donnell Library's
Media Center
Morningside Heights Library opens
on Broadway & 113th Street (09-01)
Performing Arts
Library Fact
sheet | LPA history | User
stories | Fun Facts
Open house at Performing Arts Library
(10-05-01)
Mott Haven Library reopens after
major renovation | Fact sheet (08-09-01)
Francis Martin
Library
The New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts to Reopen at Lincoln Center After Major Renovation (06-22-01)
Inwood Branch in Northern Manhattan reopens
| Fact sheet (06-28-01)
George Bruce Branch in West Harlem
opens after major renovation | Fact sheet
(06-27-01)
Ottendorfer , New York's first public
library, reopens after renovation | Fact sheet
(06-18-01)
Chatham Square Branch in Chinatown
reopens after 2-year renovation | Fact sheet
(05-22-01)
Webster Branch Library will undergo
$2.96 million in major renovations (05-04-01)
Sedgwick Library breaks ground
for second-floor addition (04-11-01)
Muhlenberg Library reopens after
renovation | Fact sheet (03-08-01)
Hunt's Point Branch receives funding
for spruce-up (02-15-01)
Mott Haven Library receives $500,000
from Congressman Serrano (01-18-01)
2000
Castle Hill Library reopens after
spruce-up (11-27-00)
NYPL to acquire site for new Kingsbridge
Library (11-03-00)
St. George Library Center closes
for spruce-up (10-27-00)
Harlem Library readies for first renovation
phase (11-09-00)
New Dorp Library Celebrates grand
reopening (10-30-00)
125th Street Branch Spruce-Up adds
new children's room (9-19-00)
Landmark 115th Street Library
readies for renovation (08-31-00)
Funding for renovation of the Fort Washington
Library announced (7-17-00)
South Beach Library opens at new
location (3-15-00)
Kips Bay Library renovation and expansion
(2-18-00)
Woodlawn Heights Library opens at
temporary site (2-17-00)
Mosholu Temporary Site opens (01-05-00)
1999
Six Neighborhood Libraries to Get Full Renovations
through the Adopt-A-Branch Program (1-27-99)
Inwood , George Bruce ,
Mott Haven , Muhlenberg , and Ottendorfer
-- with Chatham Square to follow.
1998
The New York Public Library for
the Performing Arts: Full Renovation (6-30-98)
Collections and services available
from interim locations NYPL's Main Reading Room
Grand Reopening (9-28-98)Renovation, Construction ; Fun
Facts
The New York Public Library Online Bookstore
Opens for Business (1-19-98)Fact Sheet (4-30-98)
Stapleton Branch Library Reopens
(2-28-98)
1997
Morrisania Branch Library Reopens
(11-13-97)
Expanded City Island Library Opens
(3-27-97)
New Library Shop Opens (10-01-96)
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