Thursday, May 8, 2014

New York Public Library Scraps Controversial Renovation Plan for 42nd Street Library

Times Minute



New York Library Shelves Renovation Plan.  (The Wall Street Journal, 5/8/2014)

Blame it on the price tag.  The library on Wednesday said that an independent cost analysis it commissioned showed that the renovation of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building would have cost significantly more than the $300 million it originally projected.

Article includes a timeline in the "design drama".

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