tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493260297494689955.post793673844661261928..comments2023-06-01T07:11:09.777-04:00Comments on Urban Landscaped: not quite abandonedAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940551631529548324noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493260297494689955.post-81425288814047042692009-01-23T19:35:00.000-05:002009-01-23T19:35:00.000-05:00Unfortunately I disagree about the Donnell having ...Unfortunately I disagree about the Donnell having aged badly. It was a wonderful library and many of us are still trying to save it. Now that it is empty it is a wonderful time for it to be renovated & re-opened as a library. It is a shameful travesty to construct a bar-hotel on the site of the Donnell, which sits on land donated by the Rockefeller Family in the early 50s to NYC for the sole purpose of the construction of a non-profit cultural institution in perpetuity. That is why the NYPL sold the land with the proviso that a library somehow had to be accommodated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com