Everyday patrons and even some of the library’s seasoned workers may not know that the marvelous building was designed by Hugh Tallant, the same architect behind the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and that its 1929 inception is all thanks to the women’s suffrage movement. “I think [getting on the registry] will show the residents and everybody what a jewel they actually have in the Incorporated village,” library Director Robyn Gilloon told The Post. Gilloon said she is optimistic that the space — the only Long Island nominee out of 20 proposed in New York, including Marcus Garvey Park and the Church of St. Edward the Martyr, both in New York City — will be a shoo-in.
Author: Alex Mitchell
Published at: 2025-04-06 22:18:00
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