Low Memorial Library, the Glossary

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1. 144 relations: Abiel Abbot Low, AIA Guide to New York City, Alma mater, Alma Mater (New York sculpture), Ambulatory, American Fine Arts Society, Apollo, Architectural design competition, Architrave, Arthur W. Diamond Law Library, Athena, Augustus, Austin W. Lord, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Baths of Caracalla, Bloomingdale Insane Asylum, British Library, Broadway (Manhattan), Bronx Community College, Buell Hall, Butler Library, Capital (architecture), Cardinal direction, Charles C. Haight, Charles C. Williamson, Charles Follen McKim, Christian cross variants, Coffer, Colonnade, Columbia College, Columbia University, Columbia Daily Spectator, Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, Columbia University Bicentennial, Columbia University commencement, Columbia University in popular culture, Columbia University Libraries, Commissioners' Plan of 1811, Connemara marble, Cornerstone, Course (architecture), Daniel Chester French, Demosthenes, Doric order, Dumbwaiter, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Earl Hall, Edmund Prentis, Edward Harkness, Egerton Swartwout, ... Expand index (94 more) »

2. 1897 establishments in New York City
3. Columbia University Libraries
4. Columbia University campus
5. Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan
6. Library buildings completed in 1897

Abiel Abbot Low

Abiel Abbot Low (February 7, 1811 – January 7, 1893) was an American entrepreneur, businessman, trader and philanthropist who gained most of his fortune from the China trade, importing teas, porcelains, and silk, and building and operating a fleet of reputable clipper ships.

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AIA Guide to New York City

The AIA Guide to New York City by Norval White, Elliot Willensky, and Fran Leadon is an extensive catalogue with descriptions, critique and photographs of significant and noteworthy architecture throughout the five boroughs of New York City.

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Alma mater

Alma mater (almae matres) is an allegorical Latin phrase used to proclaim a school that a person has attended or, more usually, from which one has graduated.

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Alma Mater (New York sculpture)

Alma Mater is a bronze sculpture by Daniel Chester French which is located on the steps of the Low Memorial Library on the campus of Columbia University, in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Low Memorial Library and Alma Mater (New York sculpture) are Columbia University campus.

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Ambulatory

The ambulatory (ambulatorium, ‘walking place’) is the covered passage around a cloister or the processional way around the east end of a cathedral or large church and behind the high altar.

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American Fine Arts Society

The Art Students League of New York Building (also the American Fine Arts Society and 215 West 57th Street) is a building on 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Low Memorial Library and American Fine Arts Society are new York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan.

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Apollo

Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology.

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Architectural design competition

An architectural design competition is a type of design competition in which an organization that intends on constructing a new building invites architects to submit design proposals.

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Architrave

In classical architecture, an architrave (also called an epistyle) is the lintel or beam, typically made of wood or stone, that rests on the capitals of columns.

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Arthur W. Diamond Law Library

The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library is the law library of Columbia Law School. Low Memorial Library and Arthur W. Diamond Law Library are Columbia University Libraries.

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Athena

Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva.

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Augustus

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (Octavianus), was the founder of the Roman Empire.

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Austin W. Lord

Austin Willard Lord FAIA (June 27, 1860 – January 19, 1922) was an American architect and painter.

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Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, the world's largest architecture library, is located in Avery Hall on the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University in New York City. Low Memorial Library and Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library are Columbia University Libraries.

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Baths of Caracalla

The Baths of Caracalla (Terme di Caracalla) in Rome, Italy, were the city's second largest Roman public baths, or thermae, after the Baths of Diocletian.

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Bloomingdale Insane Asylum

The Bloomingdale Insane Asylum (1821–1889) was an American private hospital for the care of the mentally ill, founded by New York Hospital.

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British Library

The British Library is a research library in London that is the national library of the United Kingdom.

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Broadway (Manhattan)

Broadway is a road in the U.S. state of New York.

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The Bronx Community College of the City University of New York (BCC) is a public community college in the Bronx, New York City.

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Buell Hall

Buell Hall is an academic building on the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University in New York City. Low Memorial Library and Buell Hall are Columbia University campus.

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Butler Library

Butler Library is located on the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University at 535 West 114th Street, in Manhattan, New York City. Low Memorial Library and Butler Library are Columbia University Libraries.

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Capital (architecture)

In architecture, the capital or chapiter forms the topmost member of a column (or a pilaster).

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Cardinal direction

The four cardinal directions, or cardinal points, are the four main compass directions: north, south, east, and west, commonly denoted by their initials N, S, E, and W respectively.

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Charles C. Haight

Charles Coolidge Haight (March 17, 1841 – February 9, 1917) was an American architect who practiced in New York City.

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Charles C. Williamson

Charles Clarence Williamson (January 26, 1877 - January 11, 1965) was the Director of the Columbia University Libraries and Dean of the Columbia School of Library Service from 1926 to 1940.

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Charles Follen McKim

Charles Follen McKim (August 24, 1847 – September 14, 1909) was an American Beaux-Arts architect of the late 19th century.

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Christian cross variants

The Christian cross, with or without a figure of Christ included, is the main religious symbol of Christianity.

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Coffer

A coffer (or coffering) in architecture is a series of sunken panels in the shape of a square, rectangle, or octagon in a ceiling, soffit or vault.

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Colonnade

In classical architecture, a colonnade is a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature, often free-standing, or part of a building.

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Columbia College, Columbia University

Columbia College is the oldest undergraduate college of Columbia University, a private Ivy League research university in New York City.

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Columbia Daily Spectator

The Columbia Daily Spectator (known colloquially as Spec) is the student newspaper of Columbia University.

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Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) is the architecture school of Columbia University, a private research university in New York City.

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Columbia University

Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.

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Columbia University Bicentennial

The Columbia University Bicentennial was a series of celebrations in 1954 commemorating the 200th anniversary of the founding of Columbia University.

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Columbia University commencement

The first commencement at Columbia University in New York, United States was held on June 21, 1758, when the university, then known as King's College, conferred eight degrees upon its first graduating class.

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Columbia University in popular culture

Columbia University in New York City, New York, as one of the oldest universities in the United States, has been the subject of numerous aspects of popular culture.

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Columbia University Libraries

Columbia University Libraries is the library system of Columbia University and one of the largest academic library systems in North America.

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Commissioners' Plan of 1811

The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 was the original design for the streets of Manhattan above Houston Street and below 155th Street, which put in place the rectangular grid plan of streets and lots that has defined Manhattan on its march uptown until the current day.

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Connemara marble

Connemara marble or "Irish green" is a rare variety of green marble from Connemara, Ireland.

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Cornerstone

A cornerstone (or foundation stone or setting stone) is the first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation.

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Course (architecture)

A course is a layer of the same unit running horizontally in a wall.

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Daniel Chester French

Daniel Chester French (April 20, 1850 – October 7, 1931) was an American sculptor of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Demosthenes

Demosthenes (translit;; 384 – 12 October 322 BC) was a Greek statesman and orator in ancient Athens.

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Doric order

The Doric order is one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian.

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Dumbwaiter

A dumbwaiter is a small freight elevator or lift intended to carry food.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), nicknamed Ike, was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Earl Hall

Earl Hall is a building on the campus of Columbia University. Low Memorial Library and Earl Hall are Columbia University campus and new York State Register of Historic Places in New York County.

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Edmund Prentis

Edmund Astley Prentis, Jr. (1883 – March 12, 1967) was an American engineer and art collector.

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Edward Harkness

Edward Stephen Harkness (January 22, 1874 – January 29, 1940) was an American philanthropist.

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Egerton Swartwout

Egerton Swartwout (March 3, 1870 – February 18, 1943) was an American architect, most notably associated with his New York City architectural firm Tracy and Swartwout and McKim, Mead & White.

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Euripides

Euripides was a tragedian of classical Athens.

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Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion (abbreviated as XR) is a UK-founded global environmental movement, with the stated aim of using nonviolent civil disobedience to compel government action to avoid tipping points in the climate system, biodiversity loss, and the risk of social and ecological collapse.

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Façade

A façade or facade is generally the front part or exterior of a building.

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Fireplace mantel

The fireplace mantel or mantelpiece, also known as a chimneypiece, originated in medieval times as a hood that projected over a fire grate to catch the smoke.

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Fretwork

Fretwork is an interlaced decorative design that is either carved in low relief on a solid background, or cut out with a fretsaw, coping saw, jigsaw or scroll saw.

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George VI

George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952.

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George W. Maynard

George Willoughby Maynard (March 5, 1843 – April 5, 1923) was an American painter, illustrator and muralist.

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Gould Memorial Library

The Gould Memorial Library (GML; also nicknamed Gould) is a building on the campus of Bronx Community College (BCC), an institution of the City University of New York (CUNY), in University Heights, Bronx, New York City, United States. Low Memorial Library and Gould Memorial Library are former library buildings in the United States, Neoclassical architecture in New York City and new York City interior landmarks.

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Grant's Tomb

Grant's Tomb, officially the General Grant National Memorial, is the final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, and of his wife Julia. Low Memorial Library and Grant's Tomb are 1897 establishments in New York City, Neoclassical architecture in New York City, new York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan, new York City interior landmarks and new York State Register of Historic Places in New York County.

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Guastavino tile

The Guastavino tile arch system is a version of Catalan vault introduced to the United States in 1885 by Spanish architect and builder Rafael Guastavino (1842–1908).

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Havemeyer Hall

Havemeyer Hall is a historic academic building located in Columbia University in New York City. Low Memorial Library and Havemeyer Hall are Columbia University campus.

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Heraldry of Columbia University

Columbia University represents itself using several symbols, including a university seal and a coat of arms.

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Herter Brothers

The firm of Herter Brothers, (working 1864–1906), was founded by German immigrants Gustave (1830–1898) and Christian Herter (1839–1883) in New York City.

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Hitch (film)

Hitch is a 2005 American romantic comedy film directed by Andy Tennant and starring Will Smith in the title role, along with Eva Mendes, Kevin James, and Amber Valletta.

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Hudson River

The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York, United States.

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Ionic order

The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian.

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James Gamble Rogers

James Gamble Rogers (March 3, 1867 – October 1, 1947) was an American architect.

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Juliana of the Netherlands

Juliana (Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina; 30 April 1909 – 20 March 2004) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 until her abdication in 1980.

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Leaf-and-dart

Leaf-and-dart (also known as rais-de-cœur and heart-and-dart) is an ornamental motif made up of heart-shaped leaves (or waterleaves inside hearts) alternating with spearheads (or darts).

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Lewisohn Hall

Lewisohn Hall is a building on the Columbia University campus in Manhattan, New York. Low Memorial Library and Lewisohn Hall are Columbia University campus.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C. that serves as the library and research service of the U.S. Congress and the de facto national library of the United States.

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Library stack

In library science and architecture, a stack or bookstack (often referred to as a library building's stacks) is a book storage area, as opposed to a reading area.

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Lintel

A lintel or lintol is a type of beam (a horizontal structural element) that spans openings such as portals, doors, windows and fireplaces.

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List of libraries in 19th-century New York City

This list includes libraries located in New York City active in the 19th century.

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List of National Historic Landmarks in New York City

This article lists the 116 National Historic Landmarks in New York City.

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List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan above 110th Street

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), formed in 1965, is the New York City governmental commission that administers the city's Landmarks Preservation Law. Low Memorial Library and List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan above 110th Street are new York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan.

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Louvre

The Louvre, or the Louvre Museum, is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world.

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Lunette

A lunette (French lunette, 'little moon') is a half-moon–shaped architectural space, variously filled with sculpture, painted, glazed, filled with recessed masonry, or void.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.

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Mayor of New York City

The mayor of New York City, officially Mayor of the City of New York, is head of the executive branch of the government of New York City and the chief executive of New York City.

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McKim, Mead & White

McKim, Mead & White was an American architectural firm based in New York City.

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Midtown Manhattan

Midtown Manhattan is the central portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan and serves as the city's primary central business district.

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Miller Theatre

Miller Theatre at Columbia University is located on the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University. Low Memorial Library and Miller Theatre are Columbia University campus.

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Montgomery Schuyler

Montgomery Schuyler AIA, (August 19, 1843, Ithaca, New York – July 16, 1914, New Rochelle, New York) was a highly influential critic, journalist and editorial writer in New York City who wrote about and influenced art, literature, music and architecture during the city's "Gilded Age." He was active as a journalist for over forty years but is principally noted as a highly influential architecture critic, and advocate of modern designs and defender of the skyscraper.

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Morningside Heights

Morningside Heights is a neighborhood on the West Side of Upper Manhattan in New York City. Low Memorial Library and Morningside Heights are new York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan.

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Morningside Park (Manhattan)

Morningside Park is a public park in Upper Manhattan, New York City. Low Memorial Library and Morningside Park (Manhattan) are new York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan.

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National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan above 110th Street

List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan above 110th Street This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places above 110th Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, with the borough being coterminous with New York County, New York.

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Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture, sometimes referred to as Classical Revival architecture, is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy, France and Germany.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City Department of Buildings

The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) is the department of the New York City government that enforces the city's building codes and zoning regulations, issues building permits, licenses, registers and disciplines certain construction trades, responds to structural emergencies and inspects over 1,000,000 new and existing buildings.

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New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is the New York City agency charged with administering the city's Landmarks Preservation Law.

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New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP) is a state agency within the New York State Executive Department charged with the operation of state parks and historic sites within the U.S. state of New York.

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New York State Register of Historic Places

The New York State Register of Historic Places is a listing of "properties significant in history, architecture, engineering, landscape design, archeology, and culture" in the U.S. state of New York.

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New York University

New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City, United States.

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Nicholas Murray Butler

Nicholas Murray Butler (April 2, 1862 – December 7, 1947) was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator.

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Norcross Brothers

Norcross Brothers, Contractors and Builders was a nineteenth-century American construction company, especially noted for its work, mostly in stone, for the architectural firms of H.H. Richardson and McKim, Mead & White.

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Pantheon, Rome

The Pantheon (Pantheum,Although the spelling Pantheon is standard in English, only Pantheum is found in classical Latin; see, for example, Pliny, Natural History: "Agrippas Pantheum decoravit Diogenes Atheniensis". See also Oxford Latin Dictionary, s.v. "Pantheum"; Oxford English Dictionary, s.v.: "post-classical Latin pantheon a temple consecrated to all the gods (6th cent.; compare classical Latin pantheum)".

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Paul Goldberger

Paul Goldberger (born December 4, 1950)Brennan, Elizabeth A.; Clarage, Elizabeth C., Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999.

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Pediment

Pediments are a form of gable in classical architecture, usually of a triangular shape.

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Pendentive

In architecture, a pendentive is a constructional device permitting the placing of a circular dome over a square room or of an elliptical dome over a rectangular room.

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Philosophy Hall

Philosophy Hall is a building on the campus of Columbia University in New York City. Low Memorial Library and Philosophy Hall are Columbia University campus, national Historic Landmarks in Manhattan and new York State Register of Historic Places in New York County.

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Pilaster

In architecture, a pilaster is both a load-bearing section of thickened wall or column integrated into a wall, and a purely decorative element in classical architecture which gives the appearance of a supporting column and articulates an extent of wall.

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Pneumatic tube

Pneumatic tubes (or capsule pipelines, also known as pneumatic tube transport or PTT) are systems that propel cylindrical containers through networks of tubes by compressed air or by partial vacuum.

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Portico

A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls.

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President of Columbia University

The president of Columbia University is the chief officer of Columbia University in New York City.

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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King George VI.

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Relief

Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material.

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Richard Guy Wilson

Richard Guy Wilson (born 1940) is a noted architectural historian and Commonwealth Professor in Architectural History at the University of Virginia.

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Richard Morris Hunt

Richard Morris Hunt (October 31, 1827 – July 31, 1895) was an American architect of the nineteenth century and an eminent figure in the history of architecture of the United States.

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Rotunda (architecture)

A rotunda is any roofed building with a circular ground plan, and sometimes covered by a dome.

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Salman Rushdie

Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British-American novelist.

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Samuel Johnson (American educator)

Samuel Johnson (October 14, 1696 – January 6, 1772) was a clergyman, educator, linguist, encyclopedist, historian, and philosopher in colonial America.

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Satanic Verses controversy

The Satanic Verses controversy, also known as the Rushdie Affair, was a controversy sparked by the 1988 publication of Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses.

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Schermerhorn Hall

Schermerhorn Hall is an academic building on the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University located at 1190 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City, United States. Low Memorial Library and Schermerhorn Hall are Columbia University campus.

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Scientific American

Scientific American, informally abbreviated SciAm or sometimes SA, is an American popular science magazine.

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Seth Low

Seth Low (January 18, 1850 – September 17, 1916) was an American educator and political figure who served as the mayor of Brooklyn from 1881 to 1885, the president of Columbia University from 1890 to 1901, a diplomatic representative of the United States, and the mayor of New York City from 1902 to 1903.

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Sit-in

A sit-in or sit-down is a form of direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area for a protest, often to promote political, social, or economic change.

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Sophocles

Sophocles (497/496 – winter 406/405 BC)Sommerstein (2002), p. 41.

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Springer (architecture)

In architecture, a springer is the lowest voussoir (wedge-shaped structural element) on each side of an arch.

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St. Paul's Chapel (Columbia University)

St. Low Memorial Library and St. Paul's Chapel (Columbia University) are Columbia University campus, new York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan and new York State Register of Historic Places in New York County.

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Stanford White

Stanford White (November 9, 1853 – June 25, 1906) was an American architect and a partner in the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, one of the most significant Beaux-Arts firms at the turn of the 20th century.

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Stylobate

In classical Greek architecture, a stylobate (στυλοβάτης) is the top step of the crepidoma, the stepped platform upon which colonnades of temple columns are placed (it is the floor of the temple).

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Tenth Avenue (Manhattan)

Tenth Avenue, known as Amsterdam Avenue between 59th Street and 193rd Street, is a north-south thoroughfare on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City.

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The Bronx

The Bronx is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York.

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The Post (film)

The Post is a 2017 American political thriller film about The Washington Post and the publication of the Pentagon Papers.

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The Rotunda (University of Virginia)

The Rotunda is a building located on The Lawn on the original grounds of the University of Virginia.

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Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, planter, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.

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Thomas Jefferson Building

The Thomas Jefferson Building, also known as the Main Library, is the oldest of the Library of Congress buildings in Washington, D.C. Built between 1890 and 1897, it was initially known as the Library of Congress Building. Low Memorial Library and Thomas Jefferson Building are library buildings completed in 1897.

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University of Virginia

The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.

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Upper Manhattan

Upper Manhattan is the most northern region of the New York City borough of Manhattan.

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Valedictorian

Valedictorian (VD) is an academic title for the highest-performing student of a graduating class of an academic institution.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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William M. Kendall

William Mitchell Kendall (13 February 1856 – 8 August 1941) was an American architect who spent his career with the New York firm of McKim, Mead & White, the leading American architectural practice at the turn of the century, renowned for its classical work.

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William Robert Ware

William Robert Ware (May 27, 1832 – June 9, 1915), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts into a family of the Unitarian clergy, was an American architect, author, and founder of two important American architectural schools.

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William Rutherford Mead

William Rutherford Mead (August 20, 1846 – June 19, 1928) was an American architect who was the "Center of the Office" of McKim, Mead, and White, a noted Gilded Age architectural firm.

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Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and 1951 to 1955.

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World's Columbian Exposition

The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492.

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Zeus

Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.

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Zodiac

The zodiac is a belt-shaped region of the sky that extends approximately 8° north and south (as measured in celestial latitude) of the ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year.

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116th Street (Manhattan)

116th Street runs from Riverside Drive, overlooking the Hudson River, to the East River, through the New York City borough of Manhattan.

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1968 Columbia University protests

In 1968, a series of protests at Columbia University in New York City were one among the various student demonstrations that occurred around the globe in that year.

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See also

1897 establishments in New York City

• 13 and 15 West 54th Street
• 218 West 57th Street
• 640 Broadway
• Alpha Omicron Pi
• Arthur Ross Greenhouse
• Bohemian National Hall
• Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
• Brooklyn Museum
• Citizens Union
• Clara de Hirsch Home for Working Girls
• Commercial Cable Company Building
• Congregation Shearith Israel
• Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
• DeWitt Clinton High School
• Dominican Academy
• Electric Vehicle Company
• Far Rockaway High School
• Grant's Tomb
• Harlem–125th Street station
• Howard Beach, Queens
• Hudson Guild
• Jahn's
• Knickerbocker Athletic Club football team
• Low Memorial Library
• Martinique New York on Broadway, Curio Collection by Hilton
• Mills House No. 1
• Morris High School (Bronx)
• New York Hockey Club
• Newtown High School (Queens)
• Ocean Electric Railway
• Pen and Brush Club
• Pneumatic tube mail in New York City
• Riverside Memorial Chapel
• Spingler Building
• St. Adelbert's Church (Bronx)
• St. Luke's Church (Bronx)
• Steeplechase Park
• The Chief (New York newspaper)
• The Forward
• The Yale Club of New York City
• Vitagraph Studios
• Washington Savings Bank (New York City)

Columbia University Libraries

• Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
• Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
• Bancroft Prize
• Burke Library
• Butler Library
• C.V. Starr East Asian Library
• Center for Digital Research and Scholarship
• Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning
• Columbia Center for Oral History Research
• Columbia University Libraries
• G. E. E. Lindquist Native American photograph collection
• Gottesman Libraries
• Jewish Theological Seminary Library
• Low Memorial Library
• New York State Library School
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 293
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 295
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 297
• Plimpton 322
• Rare Book and Manuscript Library
• Robert Devore Leigh
• The Selected Papers of John Jay

Columbia University campus

• 116th Street–Columbia University station
• Alfred Lerner Hall
• Alma Mater (New York sculpture)
• Arden (estate)
• Arthur Ross Greenhouse
• Audubon Ballroom
• Barnard Hall
• Bellerophon Taming Pegasus
• Brooks and Hewitt Halls
• Buell Hall
• Camp Columbia State Park/State Forest
• Campbell Sports Center
• Casa Italiana
• Clove Furnace Ruin
• Columbia University sundial
• Columbia University tunnels
• Delta Psi, Alpha Chapter building
• Earl Hall
• Hamilton Hall (Columbia University)
• Havemeyer Hall
• Hotel Theresa
• John Howard Van Amringe (sculpture)
• Le Marteleur
• Letters and Science
• Levien Gymnasium
• Lewisohn Hall
• Life Force (sculpture)
• Low Memorial Library
• Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center
• Miller Theatre
• Philosophy Hall
• Prentis Hall
• Pupin Hall
• Rat Rock (Morningside Heights)
• Reclining Figure 1969–70
• Reid Hall
• Schermerhorn Hall
• Sheffield Farms Stable
• St. Paul's Chapel (Columbia University)
• Statue of Alexander Hamilton (Columbia University)
• Statue of Thomas Jefferson (Columbia University)
• Studebaker Building (Columbia University)
• The Colosseum (Manhattan)
• The Great God Pan (sculpture)
• Three Way Piece No.1: Points
• Tightrope Walker (sculpture)
• Tom's Restaurant

Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan

• 115th Street Library
• General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York
• Hamilton Grange Library
• Jefferson Market Library
• Low Memorial Library
• Morgan Library & Museum
• New York Public Library Main Branch
• New York Society Library
• Ottendorfer Public Library and Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
• Yorkville Library

Library buildings completed in 1897

• A. Herr and E. E. Smith Public Library
• Adriance Memorial Library
• Dulwich Library
• Fogg Library
• Hoboken Public Library
• Low Memorial Library
• Main Library (Erie, Pennsylvania)
• Morton-James Public Library
• Ogunquit Memorial Library
• Thomas Jefferson Building
• Troy Public Library

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Memorial_Library

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