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Future Reading.(development of online libraries)
In 1938, Alfred Kazin began work on his first book, "On Native Grounds." The child of poor Jewish immigrants in Brooklyn, he had studied at City College. Somehow, with little money or backing, he managed to write an extraordinary book, setting the great American intellectual and literary movements from the late nineteenth century to his own time in a richly evoked historical context. One institution made his work possible: the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street. Kazin later recalled, "Anything I had heard of and wanted to see, the blessed place owned: first editions of American novels out of those germinal decades after the Civil War that led ...
- Toni Morrison Celebrates 70th Birthday With Gala Tribute In New York.(New York...
- Magazine article from: Jet March 19, 2001 700+ words
...Morrison celebrate her 70th birthday with a gala tribute in New York. Hosted by the Toni Morrison Society and Alfred A. Knopf, the event took place at the New York Public Library. Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove and...
- The Insider.(carters oppose the rate cap in New York city)(New York Public...
- Magazine article from: Crain's New York Business November 27, 2006 700+ words
...by more than 30%. They add that New York is the only U.S. city with a cap...Brennan Center for Justice, the New York Public Interest Research Group and the League of Women Voters of New York State, say they oppose the use of...
- SBC/AT&T Merger Approved in New York; Action by New York Public Service...
- Press release article from: Business Wire September 21, 2005 700+ words
...NYSE: T) today applauded the New York Public Service Commission for its decisive...marketplace. "With this vote, the New York Public Service Commission has demonstrated...amp;T is grateful for the New York Public Service Commission's important...
- The Bank of New York Hosts First Annual New York Public Sector Symposium.
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 24, 2003 700+ words
...chairman and chief executive officer of The Bank of New York, said, "Today's difficult economic environment...with less resources. In response, The Bank of New York has instituted the New York Public Sector Symposium as an annual forum at which agencies...
- New York, New York.(Briefs)(New York Public Library to downsize; Event Planners...
- Magazine article from: Crain's New York Business April 21, 2003 700+ words
...class citizens. Last month, The New York Public Library President Paul LeClerc...Avenue and 42nd Street and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts...Ray Markey, president of the New York Public Library Guild Local 1930. Magazine...
- The Greenwich Village murals.(New York, New York public art project)
- Magazine article from: School Arts Brozgold, Lee December 1, 1995 700+ words
The assignment was a challenging one awarded to me by the New York State Metropolitan Transit Authority's Arts for Transit project. I was...is an artist in residence at The Greenwich Village School (P.S. 41) in New York City.
- New York Doubles Power Charge.(New York Public Service Commission)(Brief...
- Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily January 26, 2001 700+ words
New York Doubles Power Charge Amid growing concern New York could suffer an energy shortfall similar...of a tax for conservation programs. The New York Public Service Commission (PSC) decided Wednesday...
- Beaten men. (exhibition '400 Years of Native-American Portraits' at the New...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) January 16, 1993 700+ words
...a fearsome scar above the right cheek. It can be seen in an exhibition, "400 Years of Native-American Portraits", at New York's Public Library until the end of this month. Many of the photographs and drawings on show were similarly displayed at the...
