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Author Sherman, Scott (Scott G.), author.

Title Patience and fortitude : power, real estate, and the fight to save a public library / Scott Sherman.

Publication Info. Brooklyn, NY : Melville House, [2015]
©2015.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  027 SHERMAN    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  020 SHE    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  027.4747 SHE    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  027.4 SH56    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  027.4 SHE    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  027.4747 SHERMAN    DUE 04-17-24
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  027.4747 SHERMAN    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Wilson Branch - Adult Department  027.47 SH    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 205 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-190) and index.
Contents "There will never be an end to this library" -- "A great work" -- Decay and renewal -- "The greatest project ever" -- Hubris and corporate logic -- An invitation to act -- "I will raise the money" -- "Don't gut our lions" -- "The wrong plan."
Summary "A riveting investigation of a beloved library caught in the crosshairs of real estate, power, and the people's interests--by the reporter who broke the story. In a series of cover stories for The Nation magazine, journalist Scott Sherman uncovered the ways in which Wall Street logic almost took down one of New York City's most beloved and iconic institutions: the New York Public Library. In the years preceding the 2008 financial crisis, the library's leaders forged an audacious plan to sell off multiple branch libraries, mutilate a historic building, and send millions of books to a storage facility in New Jersey. Scholars, researchers, and readers would be out of luck, but real estate developers and New York's Mayor Bloomberg would get what they wanted. But when the story broke, the people fought back, as famous writers, professors, and citizens' groups came together to defend a national treasure. Rich with revealing interviews with key figures, Patience and Fortitude is at once a hugely readable history of the library's secret plans, and a stirring account of a rare triumph against the forces of money and power"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject New York Public Library -- History.
New York Public Library -- Administration.
New York Public Library -- Finance.
New York Public Library -- Buildings.
New York Public Library -- Public opinion.
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (New York, N.Y.) -- Public opinion.
Public opinion -- New York (State) -- New York.
Library buildings -- Remodeling -- New York (State) -- New York.
Historic preservation -- New York (State) -- New York -- Citizen participation.
New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1951-
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / General.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration.
ISBN 9781612194295 (hardback) : $24.95
161219429X (hardback)
9781612194301 (ebook)
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