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Title Page: The Story of…. Webster Library, 1465 York Ave. Cultural Interior. &. ClassicalExterior …. Historic Preservation Studio I | Why Save This Building? Project III | Francoise Bollack, Andrew Dolkart, Jorge Otero-Pailos. Caroline Stephenson December 12, 2007.
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Title Page: The Story of… Webster Library, 1465 York Ave Cultural Interior & ClassicalExterior… Historic Preservation Studio I | Why Save This Building? Project III | Francoise Bollack, Andrew Dolkart, Jorge Otero-Pailos Caroline Stephenson December 12, 2007
Chapter 1: 19th c. Libraries: Historical Precedents
Scholarly Library Free Research Library Lenox Library, New York, NY, Richard Morris Hunt, 1870-75 Astor Library, New York, NY, Alexander Saeltzer, 1853
Chapter 2: 19th c. Libraries: Architectural Precedents
Precedents of Form Crane Memorial Library, Quincy, MA, H. H. Richardson, 1880-1883 University of Pennsylvania Library, Philadelphia, PA, Frank Furness, 1888-1891
Precedents of Style Urban Contextual Palace of Fine Arts, Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Charles Atwood, 1893 19 East 64th Street, Horace Trumbauer, c. 1900
Chapter 3: The New York Public Library
New York Public Library Beaux-Arts Detail Central Branch, New York, NY, Carrere & Hastings, 1897-1911 5th Avenue Entrance
Chapter 4: Carnegie Branches: A Civilizing System
A Classical System of Culture Manhattan Carnegie Branches
A. Exterior: Scale Style Materials Webster, c. 1906 Babb, Cook, & Willard Architects
B. Interior Meeting Room Children’s Reading Room Adult Reading Room Exterior Elevation: Basement Storage Interior Longitudinal Section
Chapter 6: Webster Library: The Bohemian Branch
Yorkville: Little Bohemia
Webster Library: Bohemian Branch Czech Dept Interior Section: Detail of 3rd Floor: Czech Department Toyen, Czech Surrealist Masaryk, Czech Nationalist and President Education, Czech Story Hour Photograph, Prague Teige, Czech Avant-Garde Artist Exhibit, Czech Embroideries
Chapter 6: Changing Yorkville: Farewell to the Czech Dept
Yorkville, 2007 Donnell Library, 2007
Webster, 2007 Webster, c. 1906