Speed Reading

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Even if you have never visited the New York Public Library’s famed Rose Reading Room, its likely that you have seen it in films or on travel shows. The stunning Beaux-Arts hall just reopened following a two year restoration project. After the renovations, 52,000 books had to be carefully re-shelved. The little video below compresses the arduous process down to two minutes.

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