A better look at the Morgan Library

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: April 28, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Carol Vogel
International Herald Tribune
04-28-2005
For those accustomed to the neo-Renaissance grandeur of the Pierpont Morgan Library, its crisp new steel-and-glass-paneled building may be a bit startling. But a year from now, when the Morgan reopens after a $102 million expansion and renovation, it will not only have undergone a physical metamorphosis, it is hoping that its public persona will have changed, too. ''We're trying to be more active, and make it clear that we are open to the public,'' said Charles Pierce Jr., the Morgan's director. Although the library has long had a vigorous ...

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