Manhattan · NYC landmark
Chatham Square Library
33 East Broadway · Manhattan, New York City
The library connects Chinatown’s Chinese-language reading collections with the earlier immigrant neighborhood.
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NYFE Summary
The branch first served a largely Jewish immigrant neighborhood, where readers borrowed history, literature and language books. As Chinatown grew, Chinese-language books became part of its work. NYPL has offered a circulating Chinese-language collection here since 1911.
Six large columns frame the upper windows. A carved open book and shield top the front, while bronze lanterns flank the entrance. These details marked the library as a public building among the surrounding brick tenements.
NYFE summary from the official history and visitor sources linked below.
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