NY Public Library's majestic reading room closed for 6 months for ceiling inspection
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The New York Public Library's majestic Rose Main Reading Room will be closed for the next six months while its ceiling is inspected and repaired.
The Wall Street Journal (http://on.wsj.com/1skPAf5 ) reports that a plaster rosette fell from the reading room's 52-foot-tall ceiling at the end of May.
The ceiling is adorned with murals of billowing clouds and decorations molded in plaster.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The reading room, roughly the length of two city blocks, features long oak tables lit by bronze lamps. It attracts 2.3 million visitors a year.
The reading room and the adjoining Blass Public catalog Room will be closed for a full-scale inspection of both ceilings.
Services previously located in the reading room, such as book requests, will be handled on the second floor's central corridor.
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Information from: The Wall Street Journal, http://www.wsj.com