Bronx Carnegie Library: Hunts Point Branch

877 Southern Boulevard Bronx, New York 10459 Block: 2722, Lot: 63 Lot Area: approximately 8,000 sq. ft. (100’ x 80’) Number of Floors: 2 Building Area: approximately 12,800 sq. ft. (100’ x 64’) Year built: 1928-1929 Architect(s): Carrère & Hastings, Architects Builder(s): E.E. Paul Company Designation: New York City Individual Landmark, designated 2009 ________________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION: […]

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Bronx Carnegie Library: Morrisania Branch

Designated June 16, 1998. The Morrisania Branch of the New York Public Library sits at the center of a semi-triangular lot between Franklin Avenue and Boston Road along the curve of the south side of 169th Street across from Beatty Plaza in the Bronx. Originally called the “McKinley Square Branch Library”[1] after the nearby public […]

Written by on Oct 5, 2012