Transverse Section, New York Public Library – Historic Print
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Transverse Section, New York Public Library comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Transverse Section, New York Public Library
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A transverse section cuts a building straight across to reveal the rooms and structure behind its facade, and this one takes that approach to the New York Public Library. The main building on Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street was designed by the firm Carrère and Hastings in the Beaux-Arts style and opened in 1911, with its interior organized around large reading rooms and book stacks. Architectural sections like this were a standard way for designers and builders to explain how floors, halls and supports fit together, and they still help researchers understand how the building was planned.
| Original scan | 5,082 × 2,935 px · prints to 17 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif15566_TransversesectionNewYorkPublic |
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