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And, um, it's to introduce the really spectacular architects
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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

And, um, it's to introduce the really spectacular architects that we spent months, um,...

And, um, it's to introduce the really spectacular architects that we spent months, um, trying to get to this point and to pick a team like this to work on this iconic project for New York City

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And, um, it's to introduce the really spectacular architects
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that we spent months, um, trying to get to this point
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and to pick a team like this
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to work on this iconic project for New York City.
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19 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
01:23:44
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
Um, and in this next round, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
Um, and in this next round,
And as Tony noted, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
And as Tony noted,
So, um, let me just explain how we got to this point - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
So, um, let me just explain how we got to this point
Um, I think as everybody knows, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:23
Um, I think as everybody knows,
Francine, you, having worked - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:19
Francine, you, having worked
First of all, for me, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
First of all, for me,
It's totally different - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
It's totally different
There's even already a difference - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
There's even already a difference
For instance, in Europe, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
For instance, in Europe,
That for me libraries are not about books, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
That for me libraries are not about books,
No, libraries are about people - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
No, libraries are about people
It's very much about learning, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
It's very much about learning,
And so libraries are, they're not only... - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
And so libraries are, they're not only...
There are cultural importance, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
There are cultural importance,
It has... here it's a little bit different, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
It has... here it's a little bit different,
Uh, so it's very much important - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Uh, so it's very much important
Um, I think what is maybe also important, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
Um, I think what is maybe also important,
It's a city archive, it's the circulating library. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
It's a city archive, it's the circulating library.
I'm dreaming of, especially if I think of this building, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
I'm dreaming of, especially if I think of this...
Maybe when I did design the... the... - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Maybe when I did design the... the...