November 9, 2009 @ 6:41 pm
The New York Public Library unveiled a new logo over the weekend designed by their in-house design team under the direction of Art Director Marc Blaustein. The new logo uses bolder lines than before and makes an excellent stencil. Nice!
Check out the video below on how the new logo came to be (you can also see the sketches all at once on City Room).
April 10, 2009 @ 1:57 am
I didn’t know this but according to ScoutingNY the original Winnie The Pooh stuffed animals used to be housed at the Donnell Library. But now that the Donnell Library is closed, the collection of stuffed animals has moved over to the main New York Public Library at 42nd Street and 5th Avenue where you can once again freely view the original toys.
I had no idea that the NYPL even owned these items and now I’m going to make my way there and check it out tomorrow.
February 14, 2009 @ 8:38 am
If you need a last-minute Valentine’s Day card for your loved one, the New York Public Library might be able to save you because they’ve got a collection of old-timey Valentine’s Day cards available for free. You can probably get away with printing one out if you’ve got access to good paper and printer. Just hope that your Valentine doesn’t notice how cheap you are otherwise that’s probably grounds for a break-up.
The collection is worth looking at whether you need a card or not. It’s full of cupids, flowery hearts, and pastel illustrations. Fancy!
December 16, 2008 @ 5:46 pm
Yesterday, Flickr added a few wonderful collections from the New York Public Library image archives to Flickr Commons. If you’re a sucker for old and vintage photos of New York and its citizens, then you’ll find some great photographic works in the NYPL photostream. The collections are graciously categorized into sets (16 of them at the moment), so you can skip around and browse whatever topic you want without having to filter them out yourself.
My favorite is the “Changing New York, 1935-1938″ set. Look at the Chelsea Hotel in this photo. Man, I could waste away the rest of my day in this collection.
