This is one of the things I really love about New York, is that a lot of cultural institutions were started as gifts from wealthy philanthropists in the past. Most, like the library in my neighborhood; bear plaques of their founding, construction and a thanks to the donor.
As much as identities do change, these kind of plaques permanently carry the design sense of their time.
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New York is not only a city, its a state of mind. Indeed great cities are built by great philanthropists.