New Library Is a $41.5 Million Masterpiece. But About Those Stairs. – The New York Times

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New Library Is a $41.5 Million Masterpiece. But About Those Stairs.

“It’s chaos,” said one of the children’s librarians.

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Credit…Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times

By Sharon Otterman

Nov. 5, 2019

It has been heralded as an architectural triumph: A new $41.5 million public library in Long Island City that ascends over multiple landings and terraces, providing stunning Manhattan views to patrons as they browse books and explore.

But several of the terraces at the Hunters Point Library are inaccessible to people who cannot climb to them. A staircase and bleacher seating in the children’s section, judged [...]