Restored doors at Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Branch to continue welcoming readers to world of books
The first thing that readers of all ages see when approaching the Central Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza are the doors–the majestic 50-foot-high, triple-doored entry portico in designed and sculpted in the Art Deco style with gold-leaf figures depicting the evolution of art and science, as well as a bronze screen shielding 15 panels of carved images depicting notable characters in American writing.
These doors, first unveiled in 1941, were among 40 preservation projects funded by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and grants from Partners in Preservation–an historic preservation program run by American Express.
BPL’s Central Library doors came in first place in a social media campaign to select projects nationwide to receive funds. They won $250,000.