The Mercantile Library's new grand staircase. The 20,000 pound design echoes the library's original stacks just behind it. One of the nation's oldest lending libraries has been operating out of a ...
Perhaps not since the thankfully doomed plan to thrust a tower on top of Grand Central has New York seen a preservation battle as fierce as the one now taking place over the future of the Main Branch ...
The Main Stacks collection might seem mysterious at first, but it is a fascinating resource that can be helpful to many University students.