The New York Public Library's stunning Rose Reading Room at the main branch is closed for at least a few weeks because a "chunk of plaster" fell from the ceiling. Luckily no one was hurt. The ...

The renovation, put into action after a plaster rosette fell 52 feet from the ceiling in May 2014, ... courtesy of Max Touhey for the New York Public Library. Foursquare New York Public Library.

For nearly two years now, the New York Public Library's Rose Main Reading Room and Bill Blass Catalog Room have been closed as they undergo a modest, but important, transformation. In fact, when ...

The NYPL's Rose Reading Room's Ceiling Broke Again, But It's Fine! By . Jen Carlson. Published Jun 21, 2017. Modified Jun 21, 2017. Share ... when a plaster rosette fell from the ceiling.

As if we needed another reminder that print is dead: the New York Public Library is literally collapsing. The New York Public Library closed its largest reading room after a piece of plaster fell ...

The New York Public Library's Rose Main Reading Room will remain closed for the next six months for inspection and repairs after a plaster rosette fell from its ceiling, library officials said Monday.

The New York Public Library's famous Rose Main Reading Room will be closed for about two weeks, after a piece of plaster fell from the ceiling Wednesday night, a library spokesman said Friday.

The Rose Main Reading Room stretches over a space equal to two city blocks, with a 52-foot-high ceiling. Now reopened, it acts as a portal to the massive trove of volumes in the library.

NEW YORK (AP) - Falling plaster has forced the New York Public Library to close its biggest reading room. The 1911 Rose Main Reading Room that covers two blocks on Fifth Avenue remained closed ...