Library Way, New York City

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4.8

• By Liz B

  We had just left the main library building and were heading to lunch, when my sister pointed out Library Way. Even though we were walking in the opposite direction from the way the plaques in the...  more »

• By dese2

  How excited to see the many litarary quotes on the way to the main library; Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. As we were heading to the library I noticed the bronze plaques imbedded in the sidewalk. I....  more »

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• By Jack Hammer

  The artwork on ceilings and walls was surprising. Its a nice place to visit if youre a new yorker and a must for tourists.

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• By Michael Connor

  LOOKING DOWN is, once in a while, the thing to do in New York. Even in midtown Manhattan, which is all about verticals and top of the world companies in tall towers. But smack center amid the upness are sidewalks beckoning your attention and wanting you to look down to something higher in all of us. Find the quote in Library Walk that sings to you or makes you pause, photograph it and pass it on, I ask. Walt Whitman would.

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