New York in New York County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Library Walk

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1. Library Walk plaque
Park Avenue and East 41st Street.
Inscription. Library Walk. . , A celebration of the world’s great literature, brought to you by the Grand Central Partnership and the New York Public Library. , Sculptor: Gregg Lefevre. , 1998 . This historical marker was erected in 1998 by New York Public Library. It is in New York in New York County New York
A celebration of the world’s great literature, brought to you by the Grand Central Partnership and the New York Public Library.
Sculptor: Gregg Lefevre.
1998
Erected 1998 by New York Public Library.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 1998.
Location. 40° 45.092′ N, 73° 58.698′ W. Marker is in New York, New York, in New York County. Marker is at the intersection of East 41st Street and Park Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East 41st Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: New York NY 10017, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Ptl. Thomas Schimenti, NYPD (a few steps from this marker); 101 Park Avenue (within shouting distance of this marker); Park Avenue Viaduct (within shouting distance of this marker); Grand Central Terminal (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Vanderbilt Eagle (about 400 feet away); The Chrysler Building (about 700 feet away); 67 Park Avenue
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2. Library Walk
The Park Avenue starting point.
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(about 700 feet away); The Bronxville Eagle (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New York.
More about this marker. This, and 44 other plaques, are set into the pavement on either side of East 41st Street between Park and Fifth Avenues.
Also see . . . Library Way. Grand Central Partnership entry (Submitted on October 26, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

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3. Library Walk, Plaque 1
Gu Cheng - "Forever Parted: Graveyard"

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4. Library Walk, Plaque 2
Francis Bacon - "Of Studies"

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5. Library Walk, Plaque 3
Willa Cather - "O Pioneers!"

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6. Library Walk, Plaque 4
Dylan Thomas - "In My Craft of Sullen Art"

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7. Library Walk, Plaque 5
Albert Camus - "The Plague"

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8. Library Walk, Plaque 6
Muriel Rukeyser - "The Speed of Darkness"

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9. Library Walk Plaque 7
William Carlos Williams - "Poem"

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10. Library Walk, Plaque 8
Lewis Carroll - "Through the Looking Glass: And What Alice Found There"

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11. Library Walk, Plaque 9
Robert Pinsky - "Library Street"

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12. Library Walk, Plaque 10
Tom Stoppard - "Night and Day"

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13. Library Walk, Plaque 11
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - "The Day Is Done"

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14. Library Walk, Plaque 12
Mark Twain - "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"

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15. Library Walk, Plaque 13
Alfred Kazin - "New York Jew"

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16. Library Walk, Plaque 14
Henry David Thoreau - "Walden"

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17. Library Walk, Plaque 15
Wallace Stevens - "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird"

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18. Library Walk, Plaque 16
Garson Kanin - "Born Yesterday"

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19. Library Walk, Plaque 17
Isak Dinesen - "Shadows on the Grass"

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20. Library Walk, Plaque 18
Richard Eberhart - "Reading Room, The New York Public Library"

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21. Library Walk, Plaque 19
Ernest Hemingway - "Old Newsman Writes"

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22. Library Walk, Plaque 20
Langston Hughes - "Words Like Freedom"

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23. Library Walk, Plaque 21
Marianne Moore - "THE MIND IS AN ENCHANTING THING"

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24. Library Walk, Plaque 22
Samuel Beckett - "Waiting for Godot"

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25. Library Walk, Plaque 23
Gwendolyn Brooks - "Song of Winnie"

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26. Library Walk, Plaque 24
William Butler Yeats - "When Your Are Old"

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27. Library Walk, Plaque 25
John Milton - "Areopagitica"

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28. Library Walk, Plaque 26
Emily Dickinson - "1212"

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29. Library Walk, Plaque 27
Pablo Picasso - "Picasso on Art: A Selection of Views"

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30. Library Walk, Plaque 28
Lucille Clifton - "why some people be mad at me sometimes"

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31. Library Walk, Plaque 29
John Greenleaf Whittier - "Proem"

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32. Library Walk, Plaque 30
Virginia Wolfe - "The Leaning Tower"

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33. Library Walk, Plaque 31
E.B. White - "Letter to James Thurber"

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34. Library Walk, Plaque 32
Rene Descartes - "Discourse on the Method"

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35. Library Walk, Plaque 33
John Ruskin - "Sesame and Lillies"

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36. Library Walk, Plaque 34
Kate Chopin - "The Awakening"

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37. Library Walk, Plaque 35
Thomas Jefferson - "Letter to Colonel Charles Yancy"

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38. Library Walk, Plaque 36
Gertrude Stein - "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas"

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39. Library Walk, Plaque 37
Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee - "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail"

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40. Library Walk, Plaque 38
Julia Alvarez - "33"

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41. Library Walk, Plaque 39
Marcus Aurelius Antonius - "Meditations"

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42. Library Walk, Plaque 40
Georges Braque - "Le Jour et La Nuit"

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43. Library Walk, Plaque 41
Jorge Luis Borges - "Compass"

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44. Library Walk, Plaque 42
William Styron - "Writers at Work"

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45. Library Walk, Plaque 43
Bohumil Hrabal - "Too Loud a Solitude"

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46. Library Walk, Plaque 44
Jose Marti - "On Oscar Wilde"

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47. Library Walk
Overview from the Park Avenue Viaduct.

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48. Library Walk
The Fifth Avenue end

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49. The 42nd Street Main Library building
now the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Credits. This page was last revised on November 6, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 26, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 100 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 26, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on October 27, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 11, 12, 13, 14. submitted on October 28, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 15, 16, 17, 18. submitted on October 29, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 19, 20, 21, 22. submitted on October 30, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 23, 24, 25, 26. submitted on October 31, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 27, 28, 29, 30. submitted on November 1, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 31, 32, 33, 34. submitted on November 2, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 35, 36, 37, 38. submitted on November 3, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 39, 40, 41, 42. submitted on November 4, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 43, 44, 45, 46. submitted on November 5, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 47, 48, 49. submitted on November 6, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.