Suchi Rudra is a writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, BBC and Vice, among other publications. While the classic school library has always welcomed students to relax with a book, do a ...

If you could ask Ben Franklin what public institution he would like to visit in America today, I bet he would say the public library. And if you asked him which part of the library, I bet he would say ...

Be honest — when was the last time you visited your local public library? And we're talking in person here, not the via the magic of the silver screen, or the wonder of your Harry Potter daydreams. If ...

Henri Labrouste: Structure Brought to Light at the Museum of Modern Art (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) While the New York Public Library is reconsidering their architecture through a ...