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The Reading Room at the Morgan Library That Has Been the Same Since 1906
J. Pierpont Morgan built his private library at 225 Madison Avenue in 1906 and spent most of his remaining years inside it. The room where Morgan kept his rarest books — three stories of Circassian walnut shelves holding illuminated manuscripts, a Gutenberg Bible, and the original score of Beethoven’s violin sonatas — is still exactly as he left it. On Tuesdays and Sundays from three to five, admission to the historic rooms costs nothing.
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Brooklyn Bridge Park, Before the Lights Come On
A bench in Brooklyn Bridge Park, any ordinary Wednesday at dusk. The hour when the Manhattan skyline clicks on, light by light, might be the single most valuable hour in a New York day. Here are three seats, each with its own angle on the switchover.
