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Photo by Andy on Unsplash Collected in real time by The Library, the audio collection captures the unprecedented lived experiences of New Yorkers and others during the COVID-19 pandemic.  The New York Public Library announced today that the Pandemic Diaries collection, an audio archive chronicling the COVID-19 pandemic crowdsourced by the Library, isContinue Reading

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‘Glory,’ ‘The Karate Kid,’ ‘Philadelphia,’ ‘Frida,’ ‘Inception,’ ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel,’ ‘The Incredibles’ and ‘Clueless’ Among Titles Selected for Recognition The Library of Congress has selected 25 films for the National Film Registry due to their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage, the Library announcedContinue Reading

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Novi Belgii [The Danckers map and view.], Justus Dankerts (1635-1701), ca. 1682. Museum of the City of New York, 29.100.2205. An international research collaboration led by the Museum of the City of New York and the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands) will undertakeContinue Reading

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Photo by D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons The archive spans six decades of Tom Verlaine’s working life and includes lyric drafts, notebooks, correspondence, and hundreds of hours of unreleased music, demos, rehearsals, and live recordings by the Neon Boys, Television, and solo work. The New York Public LibraryContinue Reading

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Image Courtesy of NYCEDC The Site, Located on West 100th Street Between Amsterdam Avenue and Columbus Avenue, Will be Redeveloped to Include Market-Rate and Permanently Affordable Housing Along with a New Bloomingdale Library Branch and off-site, modernized facilities for The Department of Mental Health and Hygiene New York City EconomicContinue Reading