New York City! The city with so many attractions and landmarks. On this blog I will share with you sights and landmarks of NYC that I have visited as well as others. Click the links to find out more about each attraction - the hours, costs and directions, via subway. When you get to the details pages you will find useful information about each attraction, links that will keep you up to date and a handy reference . I will utilize this blog to organize our NYC trip - finding the hours and cost of each tour made easy!
First opened in 1911, the New York Public Library was created by bringing together a $2.4 million donation from Samuel J. Tilden with the existing Astor and Lexox Libraries in New York City. The site of the Croton Reservoir was chosen for the new library, and its landmark design was conceived by Dr. John Shaw Billings, director of the New York Public Library. When the building opened, it was the largest marble building in the United States, and was home to over 1 million books when it opened.