{"id":10827,"date":"2013-08-31T07:51:14","date_gmt":"2013-08-31T11:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/?p=10827"},"modified":"2013-08-31T07:51:14","modified_gmt":"2013-08-31T11:51:14","slug":"more-re-new-york-public-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/more-re-new-york-public-library\/","title":{"rendered":"More re New York Public Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-06-26-nypl-e1377949773821.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10830 lazyload\" alt=\"2013-06-26-nypl\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2013-06-26-nypl-e1377949773821.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"323\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 480px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 480\/323;\" \/><\/a>Dear Library Supporter,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Nation magazine has just published an in-depth investigative report by Scott Sherman on the New York Public Library\u2019s quest to monetize its assets. Sherman was the first to uncover the NYPL\u2019s renovation plans in late-2011, and has been following the story for two years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The article, \u201cThe Hidden History of New York City\u2019s Central Library Plan\u201d, is available online, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/175966\/hidden-history-new-york-citys-central-library-plan#axzz2dQOd8GW7\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sherman\u2019s article, which is based on internal documents, reveals the extent to which the Central Library Plan (CLP), from its inception, was characterized by secrecy and hubris, and included a $2.7 million payout to Booz Allen (the well-known military defense contractor) to help shape the plan. \u00a0Sherman asks how and why one of the world\u2019s greatest libraries got into the real estate business and adopted a $300 million transformation without any significant public debate. For nearly two years, the NYPL has refused to discuss the CLP in detail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For more information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.savenypl.org\/\">www.SaveNYPL.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Committee to Save the New York Public Library<br \/>\n232 East 11th Street<br \/>\nNew York, NY 10003<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:info@savenypl.org\">info@savenypl.org<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.savenypl.org\/\">www.savenypl.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like us on Facebook: Save NYPL<br \/>\nFollow us on twitter: @savenypl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Library Supporter, The Nation magazine has just published an in-depth investigative report by Scott Sherman on the New York Public Library\u2019s quest to monetize its assets. Sherman was the first to uncover the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10827"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10831,"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10827\/revisions\/10831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}