Patience and Fortitude: Power, Real Estate, and the Fight to Save a Public Library

by Scott Sherman

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A riveting investigation of a beloved library caught in the crosshairs of real estate, power, and the people's interests--by the reporter who broke the story In a series of cover stories for The Nation magazine, journalist Scott Sherman uncovered the ways in which Wall Street logic almost took down one of New York City's most beloved and iconic institutions: the New York Public Library. In the years preceding the 2008 financial crisis, the library's...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:161219429X

ISBN13:9781612194295

Release Date:June 2015

Publisher:Melville House Publishing

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"

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