I had the opportunity to go to the nyc public library a few years ago its a beautiful building even non bookworms can appreciate.
Rose reading room rules.
General research division third floor room 315.
The room was called the main reading room but after renovations it was renamed to the rose main reading room after the children of a benefactor who helped pay to restore the room.
No one was hurt but it was a sign that the ceiling needed a close look.
General policies and rules.
The true urban symbiosis.
Child and youth safety at the library.
Attendance at library public programs.
At two in the morning on may 28 2014 one of the ceiling s gilded plaster rosettes of the rose room suddenly fell to the floor 50 feet below shattering to pieces.
Its grandeur attracts its visitors and is in turn amplified by their presence.
The rose reading room is the key symbolic space of the library about the size of a football field and comparable to the great european libraries.
Having first completed restoration work at the new york public library s rose reading room in 1999 evergreene was honored to return to the carrere hastings designed building for another.
One of new york city s most iconic locations the majestic rose main reading room measures 78 feet by 297 feet roughly the length of two city blocks with 52 foot tall ceilings displaying murals of vibrant skies and billowing clouds.
The space was immediately closed off for repairs.
Books have never been burned in the rose main reading room.