Not so very long ago, New
York Public Library buildings were heated by coal furnaces. Those
furnaces required a lot of upkeep, and needed full-time custodians to
look after them. That’s why New York’s early library buildings also
included apartments—they were designed as dwellings for on-site
custodians and their families. But by the 1970s and ’80s, newer heating
systems had replaced the coal-powered versions. Custodians retired and
the apartments were left empty, some to decay and some to be renovated
for new purposes. Today, only 13 of these original apartments remain. In the video above, Atlas Obscura’s Sarah Laskow explores the secret apartment located in the Fort Washington library.
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