Information Exchange/Greenacre Reference Library
The Information Exchange/Greenacre Reference Resource at the Municipal Art Society of New York looks like an outstanding collection of information on the urban environment, with a focus on New York City from the 1800s to today.
Photo appears on the Municipal Art Society site.
Quoted: Established in 1978 as The Information Exchange/Greenacre Reference Resource and affectionately dubbed TIE, the MAS reference library is a well-known and esteemed repository of materials on New York City’s built and natural environments. The heart of the library is an exceptional and ever-growing collection of several hundred thousand clippings culled from major city dailies as well as neighborhood weeklies, national periodicals, and local newsletters. Urban planning, historic preservation, buildings, public art, open spaces, real estate development, and zoning are among the general topics…