BROOKLYN LIBRARY 56 YEARS A-BORNING; First Plannedi in 1897, It Is to Be Completed Next Year if Present Schedule Is Kept ONE WING BUILT IN 1919 Other Foundations Gaped at Sky for 2 Decades -- Much of Interior Unfinished

BROOKLYN LIBRARY 56 YEARS A-BORNING; First Plannedi in 1897, It Is to Be Completed Next Year if Present Schedule Is Kept ONE WING BUILT IN 1919 Other Foundations Gaped at Sky for 2 Decades -- Much of Interior Unfinished
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A library grows in Brooklyn -slowly, like a tree. The familiar building on a point of land where Eastern Parkway and Flatbush Avenue flow into Grand Army Plaza will be completed within the next fifteen months. View Full Article in Timesmachine »