5th Avenue @ 42nd Street
Architect: Carrère and Hastings
Date Constructed: 1911

Perhaps the most magnificent of New York’s Beaux–Art landmarks, the Public Library Main Building, with its grand entrance flanked by two stone lions, is an enduring symbol of learning and literacy in the city. The New York Public Library system contains over 50 million items and it is the largest library in the world that combines both research materials and circulating items.