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Hunters Point Library and the shelves nobody could reach
2019
Hunters Point, Long Island City, Queens
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Steven Holl's 41 million dollar branch library opened on the East River in September 2019, built around a staircase climbing past tiers of book stacks. Only one of the four stack tiers could be reached by wheelchair. The Justice Department opened an investigation within a month and identified 95 violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, disability advocates brought a class action, and the city later sued the architects over the cost of putting it right.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
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