New York Public Library Main Branch
Library in Manhattan
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| 2023 | A public entrance is opened on the southern elevation of the library, adjacent to the Marshall Rose Plaza. |
| November 2023 | Suffered $75,000 in damage to the facade during a protest while closed for Thanksgiving. |
| June 2023 | Opened the new 40th Street entrance to the public. |
| 2022 | Peng Shepherd's novel 'The Cartographers' features the New York Public Library Main Branch. |
| 2021 | Launched the Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library's Treasures, the first permanent exhibition of valuable objects in the library system. |
| 2020 | Mid-Manhattan Branch closes for renovations, with its 400,000 circulating volumes temporarily housed in the Main Branch stacks. |
| 2019 | The lion statues underwent another restoration in late 2019. |
| October 2019 | Opened the Center for Research in the Humanities on the second floor. |
| 2018 | The Main Branch began another expansion project. |
| July 2018 | Began renovations with construction on the Lenox and Astor Room, a scholar's center on the second floor. |
| November 2017 | Approved a $317 million master plan for the Main Branch, designed to increase public space by 20% and add new features. |
| August 2017 | Established an interim circulating library at 42nd Street, housing part of the Mid-Manhattan Branch's collection. |
| January 2017 | Opening of the Milstein Stacks (Level 2) under Bryant Park, with plans to move 2.5 million additional books from the ReCAP warehouse in New Jersey. |
| 2016 | Installation of a $2.6 million 'book train' delivery system with 24 red carts, replacing the previous Ferris wheel-style conveyor system from the 1990s. |
| October 5 2016 | Reopened the restored Rose Main Reading Room and Bill Blass Public Catalog Room. |
| May 2014 | Abandoned the controversial Central Library Plan after six years of public opposition and two lawsuits. |
| May 2014 | Closed the Rose Main Reading Room and Public Catalog Room after a rosette fell from the ceiling, initiating a $12 million restoration project. |
| 2011 | Restoration project completed; library renamed the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building in honor of its major donor. |
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