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Yorkville Library, New York: seen in its setting
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Yorkville Library, New York: exterior. The Yorkville Branch of the New York Public Library , funded by Andrew Carnegie
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Yorkville Library, New York: exterior
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Yorkville Library, New York: exterior
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Yorkville Library, New York: seen in its setting. Looking south across east en:79th Street (Manhattan) at New York Public…
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Yorkville Library

byJames Brown LordNew York, United States ↗

1902

Key featuresManhattan's first Carnegie library, designed by James Brown Lord in Italian Renaissance style with a limestone facade.

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James Brown Lord
Place
New York, United States
Year
1902
Typology
Library
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Region
Americas

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