Patience and Fortitude: Power, Real Estate, and the Fight to Save a Public Library

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2015
Author
Author: Scott Sherman
Language
English
Number of Pages
205 pp.
Publisher
Melville House
City
Brooklyn, NY
Region
United States
Library Type
Public Libraries
Chronological Period
21st century
ISBN
9781612194295
Annotation

Examines controversy over plans to reorganize the New York Public Library system in the 2000s 

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."
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