The NYPL Charts a New Course

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 12, 2014

Last week, the New York Public Library announced that it was abandoning a controversial plan to renovate its flagship midtown building. Anthony Marx, president of the New York Public Library, discusses the decision, and what comes next for New York's libraries.

In WNYC Studio 2: @nypl President Anthony Marx discussing changes to the main branch renovation plans. pic.twitter.com/czXFudrsgv
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NYPL's Marx says main factor in decision to change renovation plan was financial. It came in at "considerably higher cost" than thought.
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Anthony Marx @NYPL says the criticism that moving the stacks out of the main branch was "dead on."
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