NY Public Library

The silent and vast Reading Room on the third floor of the NY Public Library

My seat in the Reading Room, with a volume of the OED
My first visit to the NY Public Library was all I could have hoped for. The Guttenberg Bible was on display along with a brass globe from the 15th century. After carefully examining both, I sat down with a volume of the OED in the odd-numbered book delivery wing of the Reading Room.
I could have stayed all day but we popped into Bryant Park to catch a lunchtime concert by the city opera. Here’s a clip from the concert. I’m sure you can identify the music over the traffic noise and general hubub.
Bryant Park, NYC Opera 1’43” MP3 (1.6 MB)