Manhattan · NYC landmark
George Bruce Library
518 West 125th Street · Manhattan, New York City
Visit a public library funded by a printing inventor’s family and see its checkerboard brickwork and copper entrance lanterns.
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NYFE Summary
Catherine Bruce donated money for a library and books in memory of her father, an inventor of printing machinery. Proceeds from the sale of that earlier library helped pay for this replacement. The branch continues to serve readers with public collections and programs.
Dark and red bricks form a checkerboard pattern across the front. Copper lanterns flank the entrance, below a round window. Large windows above were designed to bring light into the reading rooms.
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