The Low Memorial Library is a building at the center of Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus in Manhattan, New York City, United States. Designed by Charles Follen McKim of the firm McKim, Mead & White, the building was constructed between 1895 and 1897 as the central library of Columbia's library system. Columbia University president Seth Low funded the building and named it in memory of his father, Abiel Abbot Low. Its facade and interior are New York City designated landmarks, and the building is also a National Historic Landmark. Low is shaped like a Greek cross and is four stories tall, excluding a ground-level basement. The first floor contains an ambulatory around an octagonal rotunda. The stacks had space for 1.5 million volumes. The building was poorly suited for library use, but its central location made it a focal point of the university's campus. Following the completion of the much larger Butler Library in 1934, Low was converted to administrative offices.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1768:
The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica was released in Edinburgh. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica
1907:
During the Brown Dog affair, protesters marched through London and clashed with police officers in Trafalgar Square over the existence of a memorial for animals that had been vivisected. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Dog_affair
1941:
Second World War: The Royal Navy capital ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers east of Malaya. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_Prince_of_Wales_and_Repulse
1989:
At the first open pro-democracy demonstration in Mongolia, journalist Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announced the formation of the Mongolian Democratic Union, which would be instrumental in ending communist rule four months later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsakhiagiin_Elbegdorj
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
non-refoulement: (international law) The principle that a person (particularly a refugee) should not be returned to an area (chiefly their country of origin) where they would face mistreatment. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/non-refoulement
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
LOVE is anterior to life, Posterior to death, Initial of creation, and The exponent of breath. --Emily Dickinson https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Emily_Dickinson