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  • Queensborough Library Central Building
    Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionThe façade of this modern air conditioned "Research and Reference Center" echoes the open beauty of its interior and reflects the streamlined simplicity of the library's operation. The nation's first major-size library (195,000 square foot floor space) to serve the public on a single floor, it seats 1000 readers ... has a capacity for 860,000 volumes ... and provides for fut...