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Related Links Washington Post profiles Library Hotel in Manhattan posted by michelle c. on 11:33 AM April 10th, 2007 from the oooh-fancy dept. The Washington Post recently profiled the Library Hotel in Manhattan. The hotel, located one block away from the New York Public Library at 41st and Madison, maintains over 6,000 books in its collection and organizes the rooms according to the Dewey Decimal System. According to the article, "the hotel has been enthusiastically welcomed by readers, writers, artists and librarians (Libraries Room 1000.001). From the hefty art books shelved in mahogany in the sleek lobby to the delicate volumes of verse in the Poetry Garden on the 14th-floor indoor terrace, the place is a bibliophile's dream."The most popular room request? 800.001, the Erotic Literature room. Trackbacks:
Related Stories New York libraries and hotel are a dream for bibliophiles Takes A Look At The Library Hotel, a civilizing oasis of comfort and care. Vacant for six years prior to its current reincarnation, the former office building, constructed in the 1920s, was renovated into a boutique hotel of 60 rooms. Washington Post profiles Library Hotel in Manhattan | Log In/Create an Account | Top | 2 comments | Search Discussion Threshold: -1: 2 comments 0: 2 comments 1: 2 comments 2: 2 comments 3: 0 comments 4: 0 comments 5: 0 comments Flat Nested No Comments Threaded The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way. XML 
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