Tag: library

• Exploring Boston: Another Public Library Gem

  Given the interest in my post on New York’s Public Library, I thought some of you also may be interested in another public library of equal magnificence — the Boston Public Library, located in Boston, Massachusetts.  Boston’s library has the honor of being the first large public library in the United States, constructed and open…

  Kat at travelgardeneat

  01/31/2013

  Travel

  Boston, Copley Square, First Night, John Singer Sargent, library, lions, marble, Massachusetts, Public Library, reading room

• New York’s Public Library as a Travel Destination

  Given the interest in the New York City Public Library’s Rose Reading Room (see response to the Weekly Photo Challenge “Illumination” theme), I thought you might enjoy a further look at what this building has to offer the traveler. While the building with the stone lions gracing its entry at 5th Avenue and 42nd Street…

  Kat at travelgardeneat

  01/13/2013

  Travel

  A. A. Milne, architecture, Christmas tree, hidden gem, library, McGraw Rotunda, New York City, Public Library, Rose Main Reading Room, Winnie-the-Pooh