Barge of Beasts Size:20" x 25" New Yorkers had plenty of

New Yorkers had plenty of time to decide whether they liked the New York Public Library's monumental building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street: it took 11 years to build

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seen here in the background in the 19th-century Warehouse District

The Times front page carried the overcome: "Mrs

Barge of Beasts Size:20" x 25" New Yorkers had plenty ofAbout six months before the 1964 New York World's Fair opened, Times photographer John Orris captured a barge load of prehistoric beasts "two of which looked very belligerent" floating down the Hudson River. Parents let their children stay home from school to see the sight. Drivers on the West Side Highway stopped to snap photos, causing a traffic jam. But "the big moment came at noon at Battery Park when the barge, looking like a fugitive from the