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03883aam a2200601 i 4500 001 E4AA5FA025FF11E5A8ED48CEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20181009010727 008 150427s2015 nyu 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015013284 020 $a 161219429X 020 $a 9781612194295 035 $a (OCoLC)891854169 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d IG# $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCO $d OCLCO $d ON8 $d VP@ $d CDX $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ny 050 00 $a Z733.N6 $b S54 2015 082 00 $a 027.4747 $2 23 084 $a POL017000 $a LIT007000 $a POL017000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Sherman, Scott $q (Scott G.), $e author. 245 10 $a Patience and fortitude : $b power, real estate, and the fight to save a public library / $c Scott Sherman. 264 1 $a Brooklyn : $b Melville House, $c [2015] 300 $a xvii, 205 pages ; $c 23 cm 505 0 $a Preface "There Will Never Be an End to This Library" -- 1. "A Great Work" -- 2. Decay and Renewal -- 3. "The Greatest Project Ever" -- 4. Hubris and Corporate Logic -- 5. An Invitation to Act -- 6. "I Will Raise the Money" -- 7. "Don't Gut Our Lions" -- 8. "The Wrong Plan" -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Sources -- Index. 520 $a "A riveting investigation of a beloved library caught in the crosshairs of real estate, power, and the people's interests--by the reporter who broke the story. In a series of cover stories for The Nation magazine, journalist Scott Sherman uncovered the ways in which Wall Street logic almost took down one of New York City's most beloved and iconic institutions: the New York Public Library. In the years preceding the 2008 financial crisis, the library's leaders forged an audacious plan to sell off multiple branch libraries, mutilate a historic building, and send millions of books to a storage facility in New Jersey. Scholars, researchers, and readers would be out of luck, but real estate developers and New York's Mayor Bloomberg would get what they wanted. But when the story broke, the people fought back, as famous writers, professors, and citizens' groups came together to defend a national treasure. Rich with revealing interviews with key figures, Patience and Fortitude is at once a hugely readable history of the library's secret plans, and a stirring account of a rare triumph against the forces of money and power"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-190) and index. 610 20 $a New York Public Library $x History. 610 20 $a New York Public Library $x Administration. 610 20 $a New York Public Library $x Finance. 610 20 $a New York Public Library $x Buildings. 610 20 $a New York Public Library $x Public opinion. 610 20 $a Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (New York, N.Y.) $x Public opinion. 650 0 $a Public opinion $z New York. $z New York. 650 0 $a Library buildings $x Remodeling $z New York. $z New York. 650 0 $a Historic preservation $z New York $z New York $x Citizen participation. 651 0 $a New York (N.Y.) $x Politics and government $y 1951- 650 7 $a LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration. $2 bisacsh 941 $a 12 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417013330.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314012010.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204080846.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110062802.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210020509.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170405042620.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20160331011751.0 952 $l VCPD034 $d 20160204011521.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20160202091257.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20151113010434.0 952 $l XBPE737 $d 20150902023152.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20150813010847.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E4AA5FA025FF11E5A8ED48CEDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWRInitiate Another SILO Locator Search