Since this morning’s raid of Zuccotti Park, where the Occupy Wall Street movement began, there have been questions about the state of the movement’s 5,000+ book library, one of the biggest cultural symbols of OWS.
Now, the New York Mayor’s Office has tweeted an image of the library safely stored in a warehouse on 57th Street in Manhattan:
According to Gothamist:
And earlier today the library’s blog had updated saying tonight at 6 p.m., “writers and readers from across New York City will gather in Liberty Plaza to reoccupy the space and rebuild the People’s Library.”
that pile looks about 4,800 shy of 5,000
http://peopleslibrary.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/your-library-in-the-news-4/
“according to the mayor’s office”, c’mon man. a little due diligence please….