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B. Altman Building/New York Public Library-Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL)
B. Altman Building/New York Public Library-Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL) Review
In 1906 department-store magnate Benjamin Altman gambled that his fashionable patrons would follow him uptown from his popular store in the area now known as the Ladies' Mile Historic District. His new store, one of the first of the grand department stores on 5th Avenue, was designed to blend with the mansions nearby. Note in particular the beautiful entrance on 5th Avenue. In 1996 the New York Public Library set up a high-tech library here. A 33-foot-high atrium unites the building's two floors, the lending library off the lobby and the research collections below. Downstairs a wall of electronic ticker tapes and TVs tuned to business-news stations beams information and instructions to patrons. A free one-hour tour is offered Thursday at 2; meet at the reception desk.
- Address: 188 Madison Ave., between E. 34th and E. 35th Sts., Murray Hill, New York, NY, 10016 | Map It
- Phone: 917/275-6975
- Hours: Mon., Fri., and Sat. 11--6, Tues.--Thurs. 10--8
- Website: www.nypl.org
- Subway: 6 to 33rd St.
- Location: Midtown East
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