Category:Astor Library

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English: At the suggestion of bibliographer Joseph Cogswell, American merchant John Jacob Astor left $400,000 for founding The Astor Library. This provision was carried out by his son William Backhouse Astor, and Cogswell was its first librarian and personally purchased much of its initial collection. Its building, located on Lafayette Street (Lafayette Place when the library was built) in New York City, was constructed between 1849 and 1881: the south wing (1849-1853) was designed by Alexander Saeltzer, the center section (1856-1869) by Griffith Thomas, the north wing (1879-1881) by Thomas Stent. The conversion into the Joseph Papp Public Theatre occured in 1967-1976, designed by Giorgio Cavaglieri. Betweentimes the building housed the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. The style is Rundbogenstil, a German version of Romanesque Revival. The building was designated a NYC landmark in 1965. (Sources: AIA Guide to NYC {4th ed.), NYC Landmarks (4th ed.) and History of the New York Public Library (1923))
<nowiki>Astor Kütüphanesi; アスター・ライブラリ; Astor Library; Astor Library; Biblioteca Astor; Astor Library; New York'ta bina; öffentliche Bibliothek in den Vereinigten Staaten; former public library in New York, United States; merged into the New York Public Library; مكتبة عامة في مانهاتن، الولايات المتحدة; edificio histórico que formou parte do sistema de bibliotecas públicas de Nova York; bouwwerk in New York City; アスター・ライブラリー; アスター図書館</nowiki>
Astor Library 
former public library in New York, United States; merged into the New York Public Library
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LocationThe Public Theater building, Manhattan, New York City, New York
Inception
  • 18 January 1849
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
  • 23 May 1895
Map40° 43′ 45″ N, 73° 59′ 30″ W
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Wikidata Q4811069
ISNI: 0000000107073171
VIAF ID: 152993650, 7282167807320218130004, 144842182
GND ID: 84305-2
Library of Congress authority ID: n87850820
NL CR AUT ID: ko2002111717
J9U ID: 987007425774605171
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