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If you're trying to get some work done in Manhattan, give up trying to find a cafe with a seat, and hit the Rose Reading Room at the NYPL. Free wifi, lots of o
by jexe 17y ago
If you're trying to get some work done in Manhattan, give up trying to find a cafe with a seat, and hit the Rose Reading Room at the NYPL. Free wifi, lots of outlets, and it's freakin dramatically gorgeous.
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/grd/rosemain.html http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/grd/rosemain.html
- wglb 17y agoThis looks gorgeous.
- alabut 17y agoI've been there - it's even more stunning in person than it is in pictures. They film movie scenes in there all the time.
- AndrewO 17y ago<awed_whistle/> Makes me think of the beginning of Ghostbusters (although IIRC that was Columbia's library).
- dzlobin 17y agoWow, hard to believe I've spent the last few months working in NYC without going here. I'm heading over there tomorrow, with work in hand.
- hackernews 17y agothanks for the tip. I'm going to check this out
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- mdakin 17y agoAnd if you're in Boston the BPL in Copley Square has a similarly beautiful and useful room. And despite now living thousands of miles away I still see fit to always carry my BPL card. It's been on me for over twenty years at this point and features my childhood-era signature. Can't let go. :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/inzenity/2594029543/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/inzenity/2594029543/
- dgallagher 17y agoThanks for that. I go to the BPL all the time and had no idea that room existed! :0 My two complaints about Copley BPL is that they don't have nearly enough outlets for laptops, and their WiFi can be spotty in places. Of course, maybe Bates Hall will solve all those problems... ;) They're good with the homeless too. Security guards walk all over that place constantly and wake anyone up who's sleeping. The bathrooms though, arg, across the street to Starbucks please. :)
- mdakin 17y agoWelcome; hope it helps!
- alaithea 17y agoOoh, that looks awesome. Anybody have any similar suggestions for D.C./Arlington? I'm moving there soon, and while I'm still unemployed, I may as well find a gorgeous place to hang out and work on job apps and programming projects.
- lallysingh 17y agoYeah, if you hit the coffee shops, watch out for guys trying to recruit you into web-based pyramid schemes. You can usually identify them by very generic terminology about internet business and (seriously, every one of them) a paper planner.
- abalashov 17y agoYeah, and annoying Quixtar drones. Grrrr.
- alaithea 17y agoHmm. Thanks for the tips. I had no idea there were scammers who preyed upon coffee shop patrons. Maybe they're taking advantage of the relative southern friendliness of D.C.? I don't think that sort of thing exists in Portland (my last digs), a friendly, but still very northern, city.
- skinnymuch 17y agoThanks for the tip. I'm moving to Long Island City next month so this should be a great place to go to. I assume they don't allow food, but do you know if they allow beverages at the tables? My local library allows that which has been great for me. I usually need something to drink or munch on while working or I get antsy. EDIT: Ah man. It closes at 6pm alot of the nights. I usually like working later than that.
- dzlobin 17y agoI bet we can find a similar place to get some work done later then 6-8pm. I'm in the same boat as you, and I'll start searching for a viable late-night quiet spot.
- skinnymuch 17y agoYou ever find a place to work later than 6-8pm?